Corporate Responsibility

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Tyson Foods Inc. on Thursday pleaded not guilty to all charges that it conspired to violate U.S. immigration law by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country to work in its plants, Reuters reports.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Tyson Foods Inc. released a statement Tuesday claiming it was indicted in an immigrant smuggling case after refusing to pay the government $100 million to settle the case, The Associated Press reports.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Ecolab announced it has purchased Audits International, a Chicago-based provider of food safety audits and food retail quality evaluations.

NEW YORK - Poor neighborhoods have fewer supermarkets and food service offerings than wealthier areas, according to a study by the US Environmental Protection Agency that was recently published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Reuters reports.

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Tyson Foods Inc., the nation's largest meat producer, has been indicted on federal charges that it smuggled illegal immigrants from Mexico and gave them fraudulent work papers in order to cut costs in its poultry factories, The Associated Press reports.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has approved a $6.8 million settlement of a discrimination lawsuit involving Wal-Mart Stores and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Associated Press reports.

CHICAGO and QUINCY, Mass. - Online grocer Peapod Inc., and the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company announced on Monday that they have entered into an assurance with the Massachusetts Attorney General and have agreed to compensate certain Boston-area customers who shopped with Peapod during an eight-month period in 1999, when customer communications may have unintentionally caused confusion regarding Peapod's local pricing.