A tornado ripped through Marshalltown, Iowa, and the JBS USA distribution centre, forcing the company to declare 24 million pounds of pork products inedible.
Insulation and panels were ripped off of two sides of the distribution centre.
The village officials were in negotiations with the local landfill to find a way to accommodate the meat disposal; the volume reportedly is about six months’ worth of disposal volume for the operation in a typical year. It also has to accommodate building debris and other garbage left behind by the tornado.
Despite the tragedy, JBS hosted a community barbecue for tornado victims and the community.
