The unexpected end of a contract between a food safety company and a Kuna beef-packaging plant has left more than 50 people facing layoffs.
Fortrex, a nationwide company specializing in food safety and compliance, notified the Idaho Department of Labor on July 1 that 53 employees located in Kuna would be laid off effective July 30, according to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act records.
The Idaho Statesman obtained Fortrex’s notification letter sent to the Department of Labor, and it states that the company’s contract with CS Beef Packers in Kuna ended abruptly, and that the termination affects all employees, including food safety sanitors, plant safety specialists, managers and supervisors…