immokalee, florida, to make ends meet. we re just trying to keep up with everything and the prices keep going up. reporter: the biggest food price hikes are in meats with pork and beef up 14% to 20% from a year ago. food companies and some economists say pandemic disruptions, inflation, and high demand are to blame. but others question whether there s more at play. ricardo salvador is with the union of concerned scientists, a nonprofit advocacy group. you re seeing just orders of magnitude greater profit. they re not justified by the actual rate of inflation or their increased costs. reporter: we pulled the quarterly reports on tyson, the nation s largest meat processor. the company posted $3 billion in profit in 2021. and over $1 billion, just last quarter. that means profits were up a staggering 48%, even as inflation is hurting american families. a big reason for those skyrocketing profits? a 31% price hike on beef, 20% on chicken, and 13% on pork.
york prosecutor leading that inquiry has requested and is encouraging other victims to come forward. the allegations early on certainly like myself and other prosecutors to believe the criminal activity had taken place, but we won t conduct our own independent investigation. it will be done expeditiously and we will arrive at those conclusions. we re also following new developments in the effort to stop the spread of the covid delta variant which continues to drive up infections in several states, the new york times reports the fda is speeding up its timetable for full approval of the pfizer vaccine, with a goal of completing the process by the beginning of next month, the times quote a source who says the fda is unofficial deadline is labor day or sooner. fda approval would likely trigger more vaccination mandates. today, meat processor tyson
are not prepared. it is a big deal. todd: thanks for your time. thank you so much. mike: the united states, russia and 20 of the countries reach an agreement to stop cyberhacking a bit of recent uptick in cyberattacks here at home. reporter: that agreement is countries will agree not to hack each other s critical infrastructure, nor will they harbor cybercriminals. russian president vladimir putin said his country would agree to hand over cybercriminals to the us if america agreed to do the same with russia. many are skeptical pointing to pruden s senile oppression links to recent ransom where attacks on colonial pipeline and meat processor jb us. mike pompeo says the biden administration needs to punish not only the criminal organizations behind these
the accountable. reporter: hi there, jon. those 25 nations including russia have also agreed they will not provide shelter for cyber criminals, and today, russian president vladimir putin also said his country would agree to hand over illegal hack ers to the u.s. , if america agreed to do the same with russia, but many are skeptical. they point to putin s denial of russian links to recent ransomware attacks on colonial pipeline and meat processor jbs. former secretary of state mike pompeo says the biden administration needs to punish not only the criminal organizations behind the attacks , but the nations that harbor them. make sure that we impose those costs in a place that vladimir putin, who is allowing this to take place, can actually feel the cost and convince him that it s in his best interest to stop this from happening and stop attacking america through this cyber tool that s not much different than other kinds of attacks on the united states. reporter: president biden says