Tyson Foods CEO Provides Update on Efforts to Address COVID-19
April 06 2020 - 12:30PM
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) today issued the following statement
from CEO Noel White about the company’s efforts to address the
COVID-19 situation in the U.S., as well as the impact of the virus
on operations:
“We’re working hard to protect our team members during this
ever-changing situation, while also ensuring we continue fulfilling
our critical role of helping feed people across the country.
We’ve been taking the temperature of workers at all of our
locations before they enter company facilities. We’re mostly using
temporal thermometers but at a few locations we’re beginning to
implement infrared temperature scanners. In addition, we’ve stepped
up deep cleaning and sanitizing of our facilities, especially in
employee breakrooms, locker rooms and other areas, to protect our
team members. This additional cleaning sometimes requires
suspending at least one day of production.
We’re also coordinating with federal agencies to emphasize the
need for personal protective equipment to support our team members
as we remain open. We’re working to secure an adequate supply of
protective face coverings for production workers and have
implemented interim protocols for temporary protective coverings,
while observing food safety.
We continue to explore and implement additional ways to promote
more social distancing in our plants. This includes erecting
dividers between workstations or increasing the space between
workers on the production floor, which can involve slowing
production lines. We’re also creating more room in non-production
areas. For example, at some locations, we’ve set up tents to create
outdoor break rooms.
Our meat and poultry plants are experiencing varying levels of
production impact, due to the planned implementation of additional
worker safety precautions and worker absenteeism. For example, out
of an abundance of caution, we have suspended operations at our
Columbus Junction, Iowa, pork plant this week due to more than two
dozen cases of COVID-19 involving team members at the facility. In
an effort to minimize the impact on our overall production, we’re
diverting the livestock supply originally scheduled for delivery to
Columbus Junction to some of our other pork plants in the
region.
While these are challenging times, we remain committed to
protecting our people while continuing to meet the needs of our
customers and consumers across America.”
About Tyson FoodsTyson Foods, Inc. is one of
the world’s largest food companies and a recognized leader in
protein. Founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson and grown under three
generations of family leadership, the company has a broad portfolio
of products and brands like Tyson®, Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire
Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, Aidells®, ibp® and State
Fair®. Tyson Foods innovates continually to make protein more
sustainable, tailor food for everywhere it’s available and raise
the world’s expectations for how much good food can do.
Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company has 141,000 team
members. Through its Core Values, Tyson Foods strives to operate
with integrity, create value for its shareholders, customers,
communities and team members and serve as a steward of the animals,
land and environment entrusted to it.
Visit WWW.TYSONFOODS.COM.
Contact: GARY MICKELSON, 479-290-6111
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