U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' To A Shortage, CEO Warns
A Smithfield Foods plant in South Dakota that produces 4% to 5% of the nation's pork supply has become the latest meat processing facility to shut down as COVID-19 sickens plant workers.
by Jim Zarroli
Apr 13, 2020
1 minute
One of the country's largest pork-producing plants closed indefinitely after nearly 300 of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. And the company's CEO warned that the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the nation's
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