Closures of Meat Processing Plants Doesn’t Impact Louisiana’s Food Supply in the Short Run
By Rania Kaur
KPLC-TV 7
Tyson Foods, which provides 4% of the nation’s pork, temporarily shut down its largest pork plant in Iowa on Wednesday because of a coronavirus outbreak at the facility.
JBS has also had to close one of its plants in Minnesota, yet despite the closures of several meat processing facilities across the country, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Mike Strain said the state doesn’t have anything to worry about, for now.