WH Group’s US pork processing plant to reopen in stages amid coronavirus controversy

Smithfield Foods, a US unit of China’s biggest pork company, has reopened its processing plant after President Donald Trump ordered the US meatpacking industry to stay open despite an earlier coronavirus outbreak in such facilities across America.The plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota resumed operations in stages from Thursday after shutting down more than three weeks ago, and aims to be fully operational by late May, Smithfield said in a statement.Smithfield is the largest pork producer in the…

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