Smithfield Foods
Corporate office · Lisle ·
Meat producer with large processing facilities and supply chain role
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Lower Level 1, 4225 Naperville Rd, Lisle, IL 60532 Get directions
Meat producer with large processing facilities and supply chain role
Lower Level 1, 4225 Naperville Rd, Lisle, IL 60532 Get directions
"Identified by reporters as one of several large processing operators whose facilities experienced COVID-19 outbreaks, with workers reporting inadequate early access to personal protective equipment and pressure to work while sick. The resulting plant shutdowns across the industry have reduced production levels, fueled warnings about a breaking food-supply chain, and led to large-scale depopulation of animals on farms unable to move product to processors." - Jenny G. Zhang
"One of the nation’s largest pork suppliers whose CEO warned that COVID‑19 outbreaks among processing workers threaten to push the industry dangerously close to a meat shortage; the company highlighted that plant slowdowns or closures would make it difficult to keep grocery stores stocked and underscored risks tied to worker health in processing facilities." - Lisa Held
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