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Economy
Smithfield Foods closes ANOTHER meat packing plant in Illinois as coronavirus outbreaks threaten to plunge food supply chain into crisis
2020-04-25
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Smithfield on Friday announced it is indefinitely closing the Monmouth, IL plant

  • It comes as a 'small portion' of its 1,700 employees test positive for COVID-19

  • The factory processes 3 percent of America's fresh pork supply

  • Smithfield now has four plants out of commission due to coronavirus

  • The largest, in South Dakota, processed 5 percent of the country's pork
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