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2020-04-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods shutters two more meat processing plants in Missouri and Wisconsin after massive coronavirus outbreak closed South Dakota factory, threatening the American food supply chain

Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Smithfield Foods on Wednesday closed two more plants in Missouri and Wisconsin

Plant in South Dakota closed after becoming the biggest single source of infection in the United States

CEO warns that packing plants are a 'bottleneck' in the US food supply chain

Closures threaten to raise the price of pork or cause temporary shortages

Smithfield was purchased by Chinese meat packing giant WH Group in 2013

FDA says there is no evidence of virus transmission through food or packaging

Related:
Smithfield Foods: 2020-04-13 World's largest pork processor shuts down plant, warns of meat shortages during pandemic
Smithfield Foods: 2009-04-30 Swine Flu Genes From Pigs Only, Not Humans or Birds

Related:
South Dakota: 2020-04-15 Further on Smithfield // Large South Dakota HCQ Trial
South Dakota: 2020-04-14 Coronavirus Roundup: CDC Director Says US Coronavirus Cases Stabilizing, Could Peak This Week
South Dakota: 2020-04-13 World's largest pork processor shuts down plant, warns of meat shortages during pandemic

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-16 11:02|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Did we just had a article the other day on this in which the South Dakota plant is reopening?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-04-16 13:59|| 2020-04-16 13:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Chinese owned? Interesting...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-04-16 15:16|| 2020-04-16 15:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Yesterday, Procopius2k. The operative sentence:

In fact, the plant will reopen in a matter of days.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-16 16:27|| 2020-04-16 16:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Good thing there's no pork production plants in Michigan!

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-16 17:40|| 2020-04-16 17:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Other than Lansing.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-04-16 18:29|| 2020-04-16 18:29|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Late Snark O' The Day entry!

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-16 18:31|| 2020-04-16 18:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Other than Lansing.

That's a meaty one!

Posted by SteveS 2020-04-16 19:25|| 2020-04-16 19:25|| Front Page Top

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