AP: Tyson Foods idles its largest pork plant after Iowa outbreak
Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but was blamed for fueling a coronavirus outbreak in the community.
This plant was reluctantly closed after public pressure over the outbreak of coronavirus cases at the facility.
WATCH: A Tyson pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa is shutting down and will just now start to test employees for COVID-19.@BreakingChesky: “Iowa’s responsible for one third of our country’s pork production. This one particular plant a major player in that.” pic.twitter.com/U5pkCnob5q
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 22, 2020
