Smithfield Foods is being sued by an advocacy group over causing fear of a meat shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic for greater profit.
Food and Water Watch says Smithfield misrepresented to consumers that a countrywide meat shortage was imminent in April of 2020 after it closed its Sioux Falls plant due to COVID. The group says the meat processor also misrepresented working conditions in its plants with workers constantly in close proximity accelerating COVID’s spread.
