US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat
This May 20, 2020, photo provided by Smithfield Foods shows some of the measures the company says it has taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus inside its plants. Workers inside its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pork processing plant wear protective gear and are separated by plastic partitions as they carve up meat. (Photo courtesy Smithfield Foods via AP)

This May 20, 2020, photo provided by Smithfield Foods shows some of the measures the company says it has taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus inside its plants. Workers inside its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pork processing plant wear protective gear and are separated by plastic partitions as they carve up meat. (Photo courtesy Smithfield Foods via AP)

Dec. 25, 2020 01:56 AM EST
This April 28, 2020 photo shot in Sprinngdale, Ark., and provided by Tyson Foods shows one of the 150 thermal temperature scanners the company has installed at its meat processing plants to check employee temperatures as they enter. Checking for fevers before workers enter the plant is one of the steps the industry says it has taken to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.(Beth Hall/Tyson Foods via AP)

This April 28, 2020 photo shot in Sprinngdale, Ark., and provided by Tyson Foods shows one of the 150 thermal temperature scanners the company has installed at its meat processing plants to check employee temperatures as they enter. Checking for fevers before workers enter the plant is one of the steps the industry says it has taken to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.(Beth Hall/Tyson Foods via AP)

Dec. 25, 2020 01:55 AM EST