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Lee to CEO of Tyson Foods China
Arex Lee has been appointed chief executive officer of Tyson Foods’ China operations, the company announced May 16. Lee will oversee Tyson DaLong, Tyson Shandong and Tyson Jiangsu. Lee is a native of Taiwan, and served in the Taiwan Marine Corp, according to the company. He is an industrial engineer and has a master’s degree in business administration. Lee worked for more than 25 years with a leading poultry company in China before joining Tyson. His industry experience includes poultry operations, and sales and marketing management. He has experience in feed-mill management, contract farming, processing

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operations and breeder, hatchery and broiler operations, Tyson said. He has managed strategy development activities in China and is recognized by customers and other poultry companies as a leader in China’s poultry industry. Tyson has had a business presence in China since 2001. ■

BPI announces corporate layoffs
The bad news continued last month for employees of Beef Products Inc. (BPI), the manufacturer of lean fi nely textured beef (LFTB), also called “pink slime” in the media, as the company announced layoffs at its corporate headquarters in Dakota Dunes, SD. In addition to the 650 employees who lost their jobs when BPI closed three plants May 25 in Amarillo, Texas, Garden City, Kan., and Waterloo, Iowa, at least 86 corporate employees will lose their jobs in areas such as accounting, logistics, engineering and human resources. The company said it also plans reductions at BPI’s machine shop/assembly facility in South Sioux City, Neb. The company had suspended operations at the three plants in Texas, Kansas and Iowa as media attention focused on LFTB grew and customers stopped using the product. The company had hoped once the media attention on the product was reduced it could reopen the three facilities. BPI plans to support former corporate employees through severance packages and job assistance. “For the last 30 years, we have dedicated ourselves to producing the safest, highest-quality, all-natural lean
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beef that has been enjoyed by millions of Americans, and we continue to stand by our product as 100 per-

cent safe, wholesome and nutritious,” said Eldon Roth, BPI co-founder and
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