Meat+Poultry - November 2022 - 10

BUSINESS NOTES
Mayor objects to
OneTyson closures
British lamb
lands in US
market
Early in October, Tyson Foods Inc. officials
announced a plan to relocate all corporate
employees to its headquarters, requiring
workers at offices in Dakota Dunes,
Chicago and Downers Grove, Ill., to either
move to the Springdale, Ark., area or opt
for a severance package to be determined
on an individual basis.
Following Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott's
efforts to inhibit the relocation of Tyson
Fresh Meats employees from the Dakota
Dunes, SD, corporate offices, Tyson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Donnie King held a meeting in Dakota
Dunes for employees only, according to
media reports.
On Oct. 12, King met with the Dakota
Dunes employees to answer questions
about the transition. A day before King's
meeting, Mayor Bob Scott requested
support from the tri-state governors to
prevent Tyson Foods Inc. from closing
its Dakota Dunes office as a part of the
OneTyson movement.
" To lose 580 really good employees in
this area is just really tough to swallow, "
Scott said. " I would like to think that we
have three governors whose communities
are going to be terribly adversely affected
by this that they would get together and go
see the people at Tyson, write letters, do
whatever. "
The United Kingdom
announced on Oct. 8
the first shipment of
British lamb in over two
decades was transported
to the United States.
Lamb produced by
meat processor Dunbia,
based in Dungannon,
Northern Ireland, at its
site in Carmarthenshire,
Wales, was flown into
the United States.
The UK government
estimated that lamb
exports to customers in
America could be worth
up to £37 million ($37.3
million) in the first
five years of US lamb
shipments resuming.
" Seeing our
Parties disagree on fate of Wholestone plant permits
Judge Sandra Hoglund Hanson put a halt
to Wholestone Farms' plans to build a
pork processing facility in Sioux Falls,
SD. However, the company refuted the
interpretation of the judge's ruling as a
revocation of all Wholestone's permits
approved by the city.
In September, Smart Growth Sioux
Falls, a grassroots group of area residents
that opposes new slaughterhouses in
the city, filed a civil complaint against
Wholestone Farms, requesting that the
court deny the pork processor any permits
needed to move forward with its proposed
processing plant and butcher shop in Sioux
Falls prior to the November 2022 election.
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However, Wholestone shared a different
perspective. The pork processor said Judge
Hoglund Hanson did not revoke its permits,
rather she asked Smart Growth to provide
additional information pertaining to the case.
" Wholestone is not aware that any of
our current permits were revoked as a
consequence of today's court hearing, "
Luke Minion, chairman of Wholestone,
said. " Wholestone has not been required to
stop any aspect of our business plan at this
time. Wholestone understands the judge is
requiring additional information from the
opposition as the next step. "
According to the company, the court's
final order is still pending.
world-class lamb back
on American menus
is fantastic news for
our farmers, " said
Kemi Badenoch, trade
secretary, United
Kingdom. " Now they
can sell to a consumer
market of over 300
million people, which
supports jobs and
growth in a vital British
industry. It also shows
our two nations working
together to remove
barriers. "
In December 2021,
the US Department of
Agriculture amended its
rule which prevented
imports of lamb from the
United Kingdom.
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