21.   The company bought cattle for investors, arranged to have them moved to feedlots and then sold them to meat processors when they reached a certain weight.

22.   The Department of Agriculture is expected to issue rules on how meat processors should go about irradiating their products.

23.   The national association of meat processors felt under attack.

24.   The Norfolk, Virginia-based meat processor received the warning in a letter this week from the Justice Department.

25.   The Packers are named in honor of meat processors.

26.   The meat processors have lobbied hard to get rid of the salmonella testing.

27.   The proposed regulation requires that slaughter plants and meat processors collect daily samples for laboratory testing to verify that their hazard analysis plans are working.

28.   Tyson and other big meat processors are all struggling with high turnover rates, labor shortages and allegations that they hire and unfairly treat illegal workers.

29.   A meat processor says it halted the distribution of potentially tainted barbecue chicken before federal regulators recommended a voluntary recall.

30.   Agricultural researchers say the regulation will cut into the profits of cattle ranchers and meat processors and might lead to higher beef prices for consumers.