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Smithfield shuts US pork plant indefinitely and warns of meat shortages

2020-04-13 12:13:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Sunday (13 April) it will shut a US plant indefinitely due to a collection of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving "perilously close to the edge" in supplies for grocers.

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