are people talking about the labor conditions at Taylor Farms yet? like the fact they use enslaved prisoners in their facilities?
are we drawing the connection between worker safety and consumer safety & public health yet?
are people demanding to see the conditions in this place that keeps making us sick? why are the enslaved workers not having the time to use the bathroom or to rest when ill? very few people would shit in front of their coworkers given any choice at all.
from what i can find from a 30-minute search, they have since stopped actively hiring prison labor for the past couple of years, at least. BUT, taylor farms has been flagged as dangerous and exploitative in general for a while now.
source on prison labor in the food system: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/01/29/prisoners-in-the-us-are-part-of-a-hidden-workforce-linked-to-hundreds-of-popular-food-brands/
In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from F
labor safety issues from 2025: https://ohsonline.com/articles/2025/11/25/osha-cites-taylor-farms-after-worker-dies-during-sanitation-process.aspx
A fatal machine-cleaning incident at a New Jersey processing facility has led to more than $1.1 million in OSHA penalties for willful and re
from 2013: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/business/taylor-farms-big-food-supplier-grapples-with-frequent-recalls.html
they have plants from colorado to new jersey to florida to california. more than 12-13 years that i could easily find of there being issues with labor and safety for workers and consumers, and a significant portion of that time they were directly using prison labor.
(use removepaywall if you need to to read these articles, i just wanted to drop the original sources i found in here)
