Tyson Warns of U.S. Meat Shortages as Coronavirus Shuts Livestock Plants
Millions of pounds of beef, pork and chicken will vanish from U.S. grocery stores as livestock and poultry processing plants have been shuttered by coronavirus outbreaks among workers, the chairman of Tyson Foods Inc said.
John Tyson warned that the U.S. "food supply chain is breaking" as a growing number of plant closures have left farmers with fewer options to market and process livestock.
Tyson Foods announced last week that it would shutter two pork processing plants, including its largest in the United States, and a beef facility to...
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