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Another Pork Plant Shuts Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

NPR | By Dan Charles

Published April 22, 2020 at 9:31 AM MDT

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Tyson Foods is halting work at a processing site in Waterloo, Iowa, because people have tested positive for the virus. Other plants also have closed, cutting U.S. pork production by about a quarter.

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Dan Charles is NPR's food and agriculture correspondent.

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