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At this point, if the importance ofsocial distancing is not totally clear, perhaps this news will make it more obvious: 90 people to the Tyson meat plant have recently tested positive forCOVID-19 [Feminine. And Tyson is not the only food company to have employees ecopyed by the virus.

Essential workers are already atHigh risk of exposure Due to the number of people they need to interact every day. However, even those around thesame Individuals day after day are high risk.

In the United States, there are currently more than770,000 confirmed cases Coronavirus, and as these figures continue to grow, the greater it's crucial for large corporate facilities - where large groups of people gather - to temporarily close or take extreme measurements of cleaning and disinfection.

Of course, this will have a significant impact on food production and respond to the increased demand for food, as we have seen withMeat,Beer and soda, and evenFrozen pizza Shortages that stand. Nevertheless, the health and well-being of the American workforce should be a number one priority.

Here are eight food companies whose workers have been tested for COVID-19. And while we are on the subject, stay informed by getting theLatest Coronavirus Food News delivered directly to your inbox.

Friday, 90 people at the Tyson Food Plant in Goodlettsville, Tennesseepositive tested for the disease.

"You know, colleagues who may have been in close contact at any time with a sick employee, they may not have symptoms. But because they are in close contact, they will be isolated for 14 days," Declared Metro Director of Health Director of Communications Brian ToddFox 17 Nashville.

But the Tennessee factory was not the only installation of Tyson to close - the company also obtained its pork processing plant inColumbus Junction, Iowa After 24 positive tested employees.

April 14,Foods Smithfield Closed its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in response to a hundred workerspositive test for the disease. The closure took place only three days after Governor Kristi Noem and Mayor Paul Tenhaken wrote,in a letter In Ken Sullivan of Smithfield Foods, "we are everyone concerned that 238 confirmed cases of South Dakota are linked to Sioux Falls's Smithfield Plant."

The New York Times reported just last week that the factory, which employs3,700 people and the products between 4 and 5% of the country's pork offer, is now the largest hot spot of the country's coronavirus with more than 640 cases related to the plant. The plant will remain closed for two weeks for those who have been infected can heal.

On April 10, theCargilla meat treatment plant Outside Hazelton, the closed Pennsylvania after160 of 900 employees Positive tested for the virus.

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JBS closed its Greely beef production center, which employs 6,000 people inCounty Weld, Colorado April 13th.Bloomberg Reported that 50 employees tested positive for the virus, one of whom died. The plant does not open before April 24th.

HORMEL FOODS CORP. decided to close two manufacturing plants (one in Alma, Kansas and another in Rochelle, Illinois)After a positive tested employee in Alma. The 100 employees of nearly 100 will always receive their basic payroll and benefits during closing. The Rochelle plant was closed by the local health service due to the increase in CVIV-19 cases in this community.

Some 16 workers at theFacility for processing food meat At Eagle Grove, Iowa has coronavirus, who were all asymptomatic.

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A plant that manufactures bakery products (Lil Dutch, Dutch harvest and Tru-BLUDU trademarks) inAbilene, Texas Closed during the weekend after 48 positive tested employees. This number could be more, because 200 others are still waiting to know what their results are.

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The packed pants ready for national beef in Tama, Iowa is still not closed even after many of his 400 employees Positive tested for COVID-19. Instead, the spokesperson for society stated that social distancing is To take place Inside the plant by presenting employees, take prolonged breaks and different times. The control panel temporarily suspends the operation so that the installation can be cleaned.

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