Source: NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS, 5/1/20


Early Monday, Lumberton lawyer Dale Godfrey said he got word from workers at Smithfield Foods’ Tar Heel plant that the world’s largest hog slaughterhouse might have to close because of an outbreak of the coronavirus. Godfrey said those reports were bolstered by a plant worker who sent him a picture of a notice Smithfield had posted on the plant’s walls that day. The notice told first- and second-shift workers to call a hotline before 7 p.m. to learn about their next day’s work schedule.

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