Smithfield Foods shuts two more facilities, including a ham plant in Missouri
“Smithfield, owned by China’s WH Group Ltd., is shuttering a plant that processes bacon and sausage in Cudahy, Wisconsin, for two weeks, according to a statement. A facility in Martin City, Missouri, near Kansas City, that processes spiral and smoked hams will also close.
The Missouri plant, which employs more than 400 people, processes pork from the Smithfield slaughterhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that the company closed indefinitely. More than 200 employees became infected with the coronavirus at the South Dakota slaughterhouse, which produces 4% to 5% of the nation’s pork.
“Without plants like Sioux Falls running, other further processing facilities like Martin City cannot function”