Cargill has resumed operations at its hog slaughtering plant in Beardstown, Illinois. This plant processes 19,500 hogs a day. The plant slaughter operations were suspended on 23 January 2015 due to equipment failure, reports Reuters. ...
US-based pork producer Smithfield Foods has closed its Tar Heel, North Carolina pork plant, following an ammonia spill caused by the collapse of a water tank. Over 2,000 workers were evacuated from the hog slaughtering plant. Details on ...