McClatchy Newspapers
LIVINGSTON, Calif. — Foster Farms reopened its Livingston chicken plant Ja. 22, after a 10-day voluntary closure to work on sanitation measures.
All 3,500 employees have been called back to the plant, which had closed after a cockroach problem detected by USDA.
“People are very anxious to get back to work,” said Gurpal Samra, the city’s mayor pro tem. “We have a lot of hardworking people who live paycheck to paycheck.”
Foster Farms did not provide details on what it did during the closure to improve the plant, which can handle about half a. . .