Smithfield reaches COVID-19 deal

Smithfield will assemble a team of company and third-party experts to “develop an infectious disease preparedness plan" for all the company's 46 processing facilities in 32 states. 

In addition, Smithfield will pay the assessed penalty of $13,494.

The settlement with the United States Labor Department's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) flows from from a March, 2020, OSHA inspection after which the company was cited under the general duty clause for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards at its Sioux Falls, Iowa, facility.