Tyson Foods Chairman Warns ‘The Food Supply Chain’ is Breaking And ‘Millions of Pounds of Meat’ Will Fail to Reach Stores After Plants Across The Country Closed Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
- Tyson Foods Chairman Warns ‘The Food Supply Chain’ is Breaking And ‘Millions of Pounds of Meat’ Will Fail to Reach Stores After Plants Across The Country Closed Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
by LAUREN FRUEN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and WIRES, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
* John Tyson said there will be a ‘limited supply of our products available in stores’
* His warning of supply side issues comes as it was announced two million chickens will be killed because of lack of employees at processing plants
* Tyson Foods announced last week it was shuttering two pork processing plants
* They also temporarily closed a beef processing plant in Pasco, Washington
* At least 13 plants in total are said to have closed across the United States
* ‘It is as essential as healthcare. This is a challenge that should not be ignored. Our plants must remain operational’, Tyson wrote in the newspaper ad
* Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
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