Tyson Urged to Close Second Iowa Plant as Outbreaks Occur at Multiple Meatpacking Facilities

Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) has already closed one of its slaughterhouse and meatpacking facilities in Iowa in response to coronavirus cases there, but now Iowa politicians are filing an OSHA complaint against the second, demanding its temporary closure. The news comes as dozens of new COVID-19 cases erupt at Tyson facilities in Tennessee and Nebraska, hitting crucial parts of America's food supply network as the pandemic continues.

Tyson already shuttered its Columbus Junction pig slaughterhouse, responsible for about 2% of total U.S. pork production, for two weeks in response to a cluster of coronavirus infections there. Privately held National Beef also closed its plant in Tama, Iowa, for two weeks after 177 workers tested positive for the coronavirus. The plant reopened this morning.

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