JBS USA on Monday announced it has closed its pork production facility in Worthington, MN, indefinitely amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reports KSTP.
JBS said the plant will wind down operations over the next two days with a diminished staff to ensure the existing product in the facility can be used to support the food supply.
Of the 77 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nobles County so far, 33 were employees of JBS, 6 were family members.
JBS operates more than 60 meat, poultry and prepared food facilities in the U.S. The Worthington facility is now the third of their plants to close temporarily during the pandemic.
