04.27.20 - Tyson Foods is warning Americans that "millions of pounds of meat" will disappear from grocery store shelves as the current pandemic pushes food processing plants to close – resulting in product shortages in throughout the supply chain across the country.
"The food supply chain is breaking," wrote board chairman John Tyson in a full-page advertisement published Sunday in The New York Times and Washington Post. "There will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed”.
Farmers throughout the US are struggling to sell their livestock. Tyson went on to warn that millions of livestock - from pigs and cattle to chickens - could be depopulated because of the closure of their processing facilities.
"There will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed," Tyson wrote.
Tyson Foods, which employs roughly 100,000 workers, closed its pork plants in Waterloo, Iowa, and Logansport, Indiana, last week so that workers in those facilities could be tested for the virus.
Tyson Foods, which employs around 100,000 workers throughout the country, closed its plants in Waterloo, Iowa, and Logansport, Indiana, last week so that workers in those facilities could be tested for the virus.
Source: New York Times
