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Tyson Foods

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One of the world's largest meat processors, producing chicken, beef, and pork products.

Last updated April 26, 2026

Reasons to avoid

Issues span:OtherHuman RightsEnvironmentLabor
  1. Employing children as young as 11-13 in dangerous night shifts at poultry processing plants.Business & Human Rights Resource Centre2023-03-02
  2. Systematic animal cruelty documented at contracted farms, including beating, kicking, and suffocating animals.Animal Outlook2024-11-01
  3. Second-biggest polluter of U.S. waterways, dumping millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into rivers and lakes.PBS NewsHour2021-06-30
  4. Greenwashing with false "net zero" climate claims while being the second-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the meat industry.Earthjustice2024-01-01
  5. Unsafe working conditions with high line speeds causing repetitive motion injuries and disproportionately affecting Black, Latino, and Asian workers.U.S. Department of Labor - OSHA2016-08-16

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