date:Mar 19, 2014
t on daily operations of the processing plants.
The move comes following alleged reduction in working days by US pork processors over shortage in supplies.
Sources said that the company would also reduce operations at its Clinton, North Carolina plant.
In the US, PEDv was identified in May 2013; swine specialists estimate that up to five million hogs have died since then.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, about 112 million hogs were slaughtered in the country last year.