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JBS Sends Thousands of U.S. Meat Workers Home During Covid Surge

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bloomberg.com
December 4, 2020
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A surge in Covid-19 cases is starting to impact American meat-processing operations in another potential threat to food supply chains that were upended in the early stages of the pandemic. JBS SA, the world’s largest meat supplier, has put about 8% of its U.S. unit’s 64,400-person staff on paid leave since coronavirus cases began to accelerate in October, a company spokesman said Friday.

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