67 Facts About Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc is an American multinational corporation, based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry.

Tyson Foods is the world's second-largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork after JBS S A It annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of the United States.

Tyson Foods ranked No 79 in the 2020 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Tyson Foods has been involved in a number of controversies related to the environment, animal welfare, and the welfare of their own employees.

Tyson Foods's locations are concentrated in the Midwest and South, with 16 locations in Arkansas, 11 in Texas, 9 in Iowa, and the remainder mostly in the eastern US, including Tennessee.

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Tyson Foods produces about one-fifth of the beef, chicken, and pork sold in the United States.

In 2001, Tyson Foods acquired IBP, Inc, the largest beef packer and number two pork processor in the United States.

In June 2014, Tyson Foods won the bidding war against Pilgrim's Pride, agreeing to buy the maker of Jimmy Dean sausage and Ball Park hot dogs for $8.

In November 2017, Tyson Foods bought the Philadelphia-based cheesesteak company Original Philly Holdings.

In May 2018, Tyson Foods announced the acquisition of American Proteins, Inc and AMPRO Products, Inc for approximately $850 million.

In mid 2018 Tyson Foods agreed to acquire the organic chicken and chicken-sausage brand Smart Chicken and parent company Tecumseh Poultry.

Tyson Foods announced it had completed the acquisition on November 30,2018.

On February 7,2019, Tyson Foods reached an agreement to acquire the European and Thai businesses of Brazilian food company BRF.

On January 10,2020, Tyson Foods announced that it sold its Golden Island jerky business to Jack Link's.

On May 15,2021, Tyson Foods announced that it was selling its pet treats business, including True Chews, Nudges and Top Chews, to General Mills for $1.

Tyson Foods made an additional investment in Beyond Meat in 2017.

In 2019, Tyson Foods sold its stake in advance of Beyond Meat's initial public offering, with CEO Noel White saying Tyson Foods intended to develop its own meat alternatives.

Since 2000, Tyson Foods has donated millions of dollars in cash to help non-profit organizations across the country.

Tyson Foods initiated the KNOW Hunger campaign in early 2011 to raise awareness of hunger in the United States.

Tyson Foods has supported "Little Free Pantries, " and has partnered with the Chicago Urban League for educational programs on misconceptions about SNAP benefits.

Tyson Foods "pledged to invest $50 million by 2020 in various efforts to fight food insecurity" in 2015.

Tyson Foods exceeded that goal, with contributions of over $60 million to start the year 2020.

Tyson Foods has made political donations to both major parties.

Tyson Foods has been responsible for numerous instances of environmental damage.

Tyson Foods is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the global food industry.

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Tyson Foods has been involved in several lawsuits related to air and water pollution.

Tyson Foods pleaded guilty to 20 felony violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

Tyson Foods agreed to hire an outside consultant to perform an environmental audit, and institute an "enhanced environmental management system" at the Sedalia plant.

Tyson Foods settled the suit in January 2005, agreeing to spend $500,000 to mitigate and monitor the ammonia levels.

In 2005, Tyson Foods settled a $500,000 lawsuit related to air pollution in Kentucky.

In 2013, Tyson Foods paid nearly $4 million in fines due to eight separate incidents between 2006 and 2010 where it accidentally released anhydrous ammonia, an extremely hazardous substance which causes chemical-type burns.

In Newsweek 2017 "green ranking", an environmental performance assessment of the largest public companies, Tyson Foods ranked number 223 in the US and number 312 in the world.

Tyson Foods worked with the World Resources Institute to set a goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030.

Tyson Foods joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2019, and the report states that the company has goals similar to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Tyson Foods says that the organization has helped to move more than 1 million tons of poultry litter out of the Illinois River watershed, redistributing the litter to less nutrient-dense areas.

In 2019, the Environmental Integrity Project identified Tyson Foods as being a major discharger of pollution to waterways in East Texas.

Also in 2019, Tyson Foods partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund to help farmers reduce nitrogen and erosion across 2 million acres of corn fields in the Midwestern United States and Pennsylvania.

In 2020, Tyson Foods partnered with the nonprofit organization Proforest to complete a deforestation risk assessment, which concluded that approximately 94 percent of the company's land footprint is at low risk of being associated with deforestation.

In 2020, Tyson Foods received a SmartWay Excellence Award from the Environmental Protection Agency, recognizing "top shipping and logistics company partners for superior environmental performance".

In 2017, Tyson Foods announced plans to provide regularly scheduled bathroom breaks and training on workers' rights for employees, "give more attention to line speeds at plants", and establish safety councils that involved workers.

Tyson Foods was indicted on December 9,2001, along with six employees, on charges that it conspired to smuggle undocumented immigrants across the Mexican border to work in its processing plants.

The 36-count indictment, which was unsealed at Federal District Court in Chattanooga, Tennessee, accused Tyson Foods of arranging to transport undocumented workers across the border and helping them to get counterfeit work papers for jobs at 15 Tyson Foods plants.

Steve Stouffer, president of the fresh meats division at Tyson Foods, expressed some resistance to universal testing of their workers.

In June 2020, ProPublica reported that well after outbreaks had occurred, Tyson Foods did not implement recommended safety measures to protect its workers, such as physical distancing, plexiglass barriers, and wearing of face masks.

Tyson Foods confirmed that the affected facility was its Berry Street plant in Springdale, Arkansas.

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In July 2020, Tyson Foods said it would hire 200 nurses and administrative personnel, and begin administering coronavirus tests at all of its US production facilities, as part of the company's response to the pandemic.

In November 2020 a wrongful-death lawsuit previously filed by the family of a Tyson Foods employee, alleging "willful and wanton disregard" for employees' health and safety with regard to COVID-19, was amended with new allegations that a plant manager had organized a betting pool for supervisor and managers to bet on how many employees would be affected with COVID-19.

Tyson Foods did not publicly disclose the names of those terminated or the detailed findings of the report, but issued a statement saying that those terminated did not represent the company's core values.

In 2007, Tyson Foods began labeling and advertising its chicken products as "raised without antibiotics".

In June 2008, USDA inspectors discovered that Tyson Foods had been using gentamicin, an antibiotic, in unhatched eggs.

USDA spokespeople stated that Tyson Foods had not disclosed the use of this antibiotic to the agency, and they issued a letter informing Tyson Foods that the "raised without antibiotics" claim was not truthful.

In June 2008, Tyson Foods agreed to voluntarily remove its "raised without antibiotics" label in future packaging and advertising.

In 2015, Tyson Foods announced plans to stop feeding chickens with antibiotics used in human medicine.

Tyson Foods has been embroiled in numerous scandals related to animal abuse and cruelty.

In 2006, Tyson Foods completed a study to determine whether controlled atmosphere killing, which uses gas to render chickens unconscious before slaughter, could be a more humane practice than conventional electrical stunning.

In 2012, Tyson Foods introduced an auditing program known as FarmCheck to check how animals are treated by the company's suppliers.

In 2015, Tyson Foods severed ties with a supplier after Mercy For Animals published videos showing that employees at a Tyson supplier were stabbing, clubbing and stomping on chickens.

Tyson Foods started a pilot program for controlled atmosphere stunning, considered to be a more humane method of slaughter.

In 2017, Matthew Prescott of the Humane Society of the United States criticized Tyson Foods for failing to implement many of the animal welfare standards that other food suppliers were adopting.

In 2020, Tyson Foods worked with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to investigate the effects of lighting on broiler chicken welfare.

On January 30,2019, Tyson Foods announced a recall for over 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets that were at risk of being contaminated with small pieces of rubber.

Tyson Foods identified the contaminated nuggets as those received by Arizona, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Utah club store distribution centers.

On June 7,2019, Tyson Foods announced a recall for over 190,000 pounds of chicken fritters which potentially contained hard plastic following reports from three consumers.

On July 3,2021, Tyson Foods announced a recall for approximately 8,955,296 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Tyson Foods has denied the allegations, with a spokesperson calling them "baseless".

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In June 2020, it was announced that Tyson Foods was cooperating with the US Department of Justice in relation to price fixing and bid rigging in the poultry industry.

Tyson Foods was cooperating under a leniency program whereby it would avoid criminal prosecution by providing aid to DOJ investigators.