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Collected Item: “Smithfield Foods to shutter California meat-packing plant”

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Smithfield Foods to shutter California meat-packing plant

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Text story

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This is a news story from ABC News by The Associated Press. The shutdown of the Smithfield Foods plant in California is happening in part due to COVID. Some 300 employees were exposed to the virus in 2020, which created labor issues. Due to the exposure, California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined the company $60,000.

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labor, exposure, business, meat-packing, Smithfield, California, HST580, ASU

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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/smithfield-foods-shutter-california-meat-packing-plant-85321387

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The Associated Press

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2022-06-10
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