Memorandum: Strategies to reduce COVID-19 transmission at the Smithfield Foods Sioux Falls Pork Plant

The record

Jurisdiction

South Dakota (Smithfield Foods Sioux Falls)

Level

Federal

Authority

Epi-Aid at the request of the State (42 U.S.C. 243)

Issued

2020-04-22 Apr. 22, 2020

Effective

n/a (read as 2020-04-22)

End

n/a (read as 2020-06-30)

In force

Apr. 22, 2020 to June 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Other

Addressees

• South Dakota DOH; Smithfield Foods; UFCW Local 304A

Functions reached

• PK (closure of the plant that processed 4-5 percent of U.S. pork)
• FP (hog producers backed up)
• MK
• TR

Collection

Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20

Operative words

No harvesting or further production work were taking place in the plant while we were on site. The first case among employees was detected on March 24, 2020. Smithfield Foods announced that the process to halt production began on April 11, 2020. The [process was] completed on April 14, 2020 and that the plant would be shut down indefinitely while Smithfield Foods continued extensive sanitation and modification efforts in the plant.

Enforcement

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