U.S. ‘Perilously Close’ to Meat Shortage After Major Plant Closes Over Coronavirus
The world’s biggest pork producer is shuttering a major U.S. plant indefinitely after a coronavirus outbreak among employees, with the company warning that closures across the country are taking American meat supplies “perilously close to the edge” of shortfalls.
Smithfield Foods will idle its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pork-processing facility, which accounts for 4% to 5% of U.S. production, the company said in a statement Sunday. The move comes after state officials reported more than 200 cases of Covid-19 for plant employees, adding to a spike in infections that’s seen hundreds of American meat workers get sick. Plants have been forced to shutter or reduce output.
“The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply,” Smithfield’s Chief Executive Officer Ken Sullivan said in the statement. “It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running.”
https://time.com/5819878/smithfield-pork-plant-closes-coronavirus/
U.S. ‘Perilously Close’ to Meat Shortage After Major Plant Closes Over Coronavirus
The world’s biggest pork producer is shuttering a major U.S. plant indefinitely after a coronavirus outbreak among employees, with the company warning that closures across the country are taking American meat supplies “perilously close to the edge” of shortfalls.
Smithfield Foods will idle its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pork-processing facility, which accounts for 4% to 5% of U.S. production, the company said in a statement Sunday. The move comes after state officials reported more than 200 cases of Covid-19 for plant employees, adding to a spike in infections that’s seen hundreds of American meat workers get sick. Plants have been forced to shutter or reduce output.
“The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply,” Smithfield’s Chief Executive Officer Ken Sullivan said in the statement. “It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running.”
家里大的小的，无肉不成饭啊。
牛牛，鱼鱼也很可爱。
是时候改变饮食习惯了
我看到的新闻是10%，当时还想应该没太大影响吧
我觉得烤猪排有可能戒，ham，bacon，各种香肠咋戒啊
影响不了 整个史密斯菲尔德只占美国市场4%的零售供给
他家还有很多出口贸易 另外这家不是被中国企业收购了吗？
别装模作样了，人在美国，吃牛肉就是了，本来美国大部分超市的猪肉都很难吃了。
难道你以为香肠都是猪肉的？ 很多牛肉和turkey的。
牛也應該有了，應該開始考慮在家養鷄養豬養牛了。
几百人感染不应该关？什么都是中国的错？
让人吃惊的是都感染了几百人才关，这几百人如果之前照常上班工作。。。
早就该关了
烤排骨，肉丸子，Bacon，Sausage，还是不少的。
再养头COW，连牛奶也有了
冠冠辣么口耐，怎莫口以系病毒
凡事不带中国会死啊？
牛牛鱼鱼不可爱。