Butterball News

Butterball Recalls Ground Turkey after 4 Salmonella Cases

Butterball LLC issued a voluntarily recall of more than 78,000 pounds (35,400 kilograms) of raw ground turkey products nationwide Thursday as Wisconsin health officials investigate four salmonella cases in the state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection …

Settlement Proposed in Arkansas Butterball Lawsuit

Butterball LLC has joined in a proposal to settle a class-action lawsuit by current and former employees of the company’s turkey-processing plants in Huntsville and Ozark, Ark. The proposed $425,000 settlement calls for lead nine plaintiffs in the lawsuit to …

Ex-Worker Suing North Carolina’s Butterball for Discrimination

A federal anti-discrimination lawsuit accuses North Carolina-based Butterball of firing an HIV-positive employee after she repeatedly reported co-workers for harassing her. Tracy Montgomery processed turkey parts at Butterball’s Kinston plant for about five weeks in 2009. The News & Observer …