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Pilgrim's Pride chicken parts rendering plant proposed in Carnesville, GA
How will it affect our schools, churches, and neighborhoods?
Photo taken at a rendering plant in Ward, SC. This plant is not owned by Pilgrim’s Pride but it has been widely used as a comparable plant using the same technology that is proposed here.
TOGETHER WE CAN PREVENT THIS!
This decision will fall on the county commissioners, so we have to show up to make our voices heard.
A decision will be made on June 7th, 2021.
Local residents could deal with the foul smell of unwanted chicken parts every year, with minimal REAL WORLD benefit to us.
History of a Bad Neighbor
Monetary Penalties
According to “Good Jobs First,” a national policy research center, Pilgrims Pride & parent company JBS have incurred 184 violations and nearly $35 million in fines since 2000. These include environmental, employment, and safety-related offenses.
Litigation
Environmental Groups Achieve Major Clean Water Settlement With World's Second Largest Chicken Producer, Pilgrim's Pride. It was the largest Clean Water Act penalty in a citizen enforcement suit in Florida history.
Workplace Violations
The federal agency that regulates workplace safety fined chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride $26,988 for hazards found after a worker died in an accident in January at a plant in north Alabama.
IN THE NEWS
Delauro Letter - JBS Investigation
In light of anow-proven pattern of criminal conduct, I write to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiate suspension and debarment proceedings against JBS USA, the U.S. subsidiary of the Brazilian-owned and controlled meatpacker JBS SA, and each of its companies, including but not limited to Pilgrim’s Pride.
Would Piligrim's Pride Be A Good Neighbor
“ But what an autumn it was! The above totals, not updated since Sept. 28, look like a drop in the bucket compared to Reuters’ reporting on Oct. 14 that Pilgrim’s Pride pleaded guilty and will pay a $110.5 million fine for price fixing. Additionally, JBS was fined $26.9 million — and J&F Investimentos, the parent company of JBS, must pay $256 million — for violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.”
Learn More About Pilgrim's Pride and Parent Company
“Penalty totals since 2000 $61,822,951”
Will Our Rivers Be Affected?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– Environment Florida and the Sierra Club announced today that they have filed a proposed consent decree in federal court to settle their lawsuit against Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act at the company’s poultry processing plant in Live Oak, Florida.
State fines Pilgrim's Pride plant for ammonia leak.
CHARLOTTE, NC – The North Carolina Department of Labor fined a Pilgrim's Pride plant in Marshville, NC $107,000 after an ammonia leak and explosion that occurred in August 2011. The agency also issued the plant more than 30 citations for various violations.
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