Articles Tagged with ''plant closure''

Organizations team up to produce meat for local communities.

Current processing capacity reduction has longer-term implications for producers, retailers and shoppers.

Facility reopens following a comprehensive review of safety protocols by local health and government officials and a tour of the plant.

The country ham processor pauses its production to protect its employees.

Plant to conduct deep clean and sanitization after team member screening for COVID-19.

UFCW calls for president to do more to protect meat plant employees from COVID-19.

Company’s Delphi, Ind., facility had closed on April 25.

President Trump stated that he would sign an executive order invoking the Defene Production Act that would compel meat processing plants to remain open.

Smithfield announced that it will suspend operations at the facility until further notice after a small portion of its 1,700 employees tested positive for COVID-19.

Tyson Fresh Meats pork plant has been running at reduced levels of production due to worker absenteeism and will stop production mid-week until further notice.