Smithfield Foods has reopened its hog slaughterhouse in Monmouth, Illinois, after a weeklong shutdown because of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus.
Company representatives said in a statement cited by the Monmouth Review Atlas newspaper that the facility, which accounts for some 3 percent of U.S. pork products, resumed operations on the kill floor, maintenance, plant service, and animal foods, on May 2. Employees of the cold side were due back at work on May 4.
