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Commitments and Contingencies, which discussion is incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Other than as set forth below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2022, there are no additional updates to the legal proceedin gs involving the Company and/or its subsidiaries.
−Removed: On July 8, 2022, Barber Foods, LLC (“Barber Foods”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, received correspondence from the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) extending an opportunity to confer and negotiate a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) for each of two Barber Foods frozen poultry storage facilities located in Portland, Maine (the “Maine Facilities”).
−Removed: Included in the correspondence was a proposed CAFO for each facility.
−Removed: Each proposed CAFO alleges violations of the Clean Air Act resulting from EPA compliance inspections conducted in June 2019 at the Maine Facilities.
−Removed: The alleged violations include the failure to comply with process safety information requirements, failure to comply with mechanical integrity requirements and failure to adequately identify, evaluate, and control hazards.
−Removed: The proposed CAFOs set forth a proposed aggregate civil penalty of $541,243 for the alleged violations at the Maine Facilities.
−Removed: On September 28, 2022, the Maine Facilities entered into CAFOs with the EPA in an aggregate amount of $300,000 which fully resolved this matter.
−Removed: While Barber Foods neither admits nor denies the specific factual allegations contained in the CAFOs , we believe that the settlement was in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to avoid the uncertainty, risk, expense and distraction of protracted litigation.
−Removed: On June 19, 2005, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Environment of the State of Oklahoma filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against Tyson Foods, Inc., three subsidiaries and six other poultry integrators.
+Added: Other than as set forth below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 , there are no additional updates to the legal proceedin gs involving the Company and/or its subsidiaries.
+Added: O n June 19, 2005, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Environment of the State of Oklahoma filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against Tyson Foods, Inc., three subsidiaries and six other poultry integrators.
The complaint, which was subsequently amended, asserts a number of state and federal causes of action including, but not limited to, counts under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and state-law public nuisance theories.
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On January 18, 2023, the district court entered Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in favor of the State of Oklahoma and directed the parties to confer in an attempt to reach an agreement on appropriate remedies by March 17, 2023.
−Removed: On March 17, 2023, the parties received a 90-day extension from the district court and continue to confer on appropriate remedies.
−Removed: On June 12, 2023, the Court ordered the parties to mediation and to submit a Joint Status Report within fourteen days following conclusion of the mediation.
+Added: On March 17, 2023, the parties received a 90-day extension from the district court and continued to confer on appropriate remedies.
+Added: On June 12, 2023, the Court ordered the parties to mediation.
+Added: The parties attended an in-person mediation on October 12, 2023, but were unable to reach a resolution.
+Added: Defendants subsequently filed a post-trial motion to dismiss, which remains pending.
Other Matters
−Removed: As of October 1, 2022, we had approximately 142,000 team members and, at any time, have various employment practices matters outstanding.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023 , we had approximately 139,000 team members and, at any time, have various employment practices matters outstanding.
In the aggregate, these matters are important to the Company, and we devote considerable resources to managing employment issues.
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While the ultimate results of these matters cannot be determined, they are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations or financial position.
−Removed: Our business is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: These risks are described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and elsewhere in our other filings with the SEC, including Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2022.
−Removed: The risks identified in such reports have not changed in any material respect.
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