GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Wisconsin beef production plant is briefly closing after nearly 200 employees tested positive for the coronavirus, company officials said Sunday.
The company had been operating at a reduced capacity before deciding to close, WBAY reported.
There are about 1,200 workers at the JBS USA plant in Green Bay, CNN reported.
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This is the fourth facility JBS, the world’s leading meat processing company, has had to shutter, Bloomberg reported.
JBS also temporarily closed facilities in Souderton, Pennsylvania, and Greeley, Colorado, WBAY reported. Those plants have since reopened.
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A pork processing plant in Worthington, Minnesota remains closed, reducing U.S. pork production by 10%, Bloomberg reported.
