Meat processing exec with spotty COVID-19 record appointed to federal safety panel

An executive from a scandal-scarred, COVID-19-ravaged meat-processing giant has been named to a federal oversight panel on the meat-packing industry. Sherri Williams, who oversees food safety at JBS, is among 10 new appointments to the US Department of Agriculture’s National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, the agency announced earlier this month. In addition…