Major U.S. Meat Processor Warns ‘Food Supply Chain Is Breaking’ As Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Plant Closures

CNBC: Tyson Foods chairman warns ‘food supply chain is breaking’ as coronavirus forces plant closures

* Meat processors, including Tyson, Smithfield and JBS, are closing U.S. facilities after workers test positive for Covid-19.
* “The food supply chain is breaking,” Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson wrote in a full-page newspaper ad that ran on Sunday.
* More than a dozen packing and food processing workers have died after contracting Covid-19, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

Tyson Foods expects that millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the food supply as the company temporarily shutters beef, pork and chicken plants due to local coronavirus outbreaks.

Meat processors, including Tyson, Smithfield and JBS, are closing U.S. facilities after workers test positive for Covid-19. Meatpacking workers often work shoulder to shoulder for hours at a time, increasing their risk of exposure to the virus.

Tyson placed a full-page ad in The New York Times, Washington Post and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Sunday addressing the plant closures.

“The food supply chain is breaking,” Tyson Chairman John Tyson wrote.

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WNU Editor: There may not be noticeable shortages, but prices are definitely going to go up ..... Donald Trump tries to calm mounting alarm over food shortages as meat processing plants close tweeting that 'there is no shortage of meat heading for grocery stores' (Daily Mail).

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