Tyson Fresh Meats Temporarily Pausing Production at Dakota City, Neb, Beef Plant

April 30, 2020 Tyson Foods

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., is currently winding down production and will temporarily pause operations Friday, May 1 through Monday, May 4 at its Dakota City, Neb., beef facility to complete a deep cleaning of the entire plant. T

‘The Food Supply Chain is Breaking,’ Tyson Says as Plants Close

“The food supply chain is breaking,” wrote board chairman John Tyson in a full-page advertisement published Sunday in The New York Times, Washington Post and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Tyson Fresh Meats Testing Pasco, Wash., Team Members For COVID-19; Temporarily Pausing Production

April 24, 2020 Tyson Foods

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., will temporarily halt production at its Pasco, Wash., beef facility while team members undergo testing. Health officials in Walla Walla, Benton, and Franklin Counties will work with the company to test its more than 1,400 team members for COVID-19 as soon as possible.

Tyson Will Close its Biggest Pork Plant After Workers Call Out Sick With Coronavirus

The plant, located in Waterloo, Iowa, had already slowed production because many of its 2,800 workers had been calling out sick. The Black Hawk County health department linked the Tyson plant to 182 of the county’s 374 Covid-19 cases.

Tyson Fresh Meats to Resume Limited Operations at Columbus Junction Pork Plant

April 21, 2020 Tyson Foods

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN: TSN), will resume limited operations at its pork plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa, on Tuesday after being idle for two weeks due to COVID-19 concerns.