Smithfield Foods is urging action from local, state and federal government agencies when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In the face of an unprecedented challenge, we have acted,” wrote CEO Kenneth M. Sullivan and COO Dennis Organ in a letter distributed to government officials. “Now, government leaders of good [...]
A panel of leaders from across the food industry, including the CEOs of Hy-Vee, The Kroger Co., Smithfield and Tyson, along with other representatives of the U.S. farm industry, met with Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and other elected officials in Iowa last week to deliver [...]
A Sioux Falls, South Dakota meatpacking plant quickly becoming one of the top hotspots for COVID-19 in the country is closing for three days, according to a statement from Smithfield Foods. The company will stop operations on a large section of the plant on Saturday, and remain closed on Sunday [...]