China-Owned Food Co Closes US Plants, Putting America's Meat Supply Under Threat

NN ^ | 04-22-20 | Jay Greenberg

[Steve1999]

A China-owned food company has started closing down slaughterhouses and processing plants across the United States, putting America's meat supply in jeopardy.The U.S. meat supply is now under threat due to workers at facilities being diagnosed with COVID-19, leading to closures across the country.

[silverleaf]

Funny how meatpacking plants all over the farm belt are being simultaneously infected
South Dakota
Iowa
Colorado
Texas

[silverleaf]

Trump banned “ travel from China”

Not any airline or ethnicity

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Smithfield doesn’t own the market.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"Wow. That’s a phrase I never thought I’d see on FREE REPUBLIC. "

When Tylenol was recalled in 2010 the manufacturing was to getting people sick there was support here for the nationalization of the manufacturing and Johnson & Johnson (owners) was also in support of it which was surprising.

The CDC determined the equipment was full of bacteria. The operation was returned to J&J in 2015.

This wasn't under a time of emergency though it had "some" support here which I was surprised. I was in the mind set of let the operation close down. Let the competition win.

[Oldexpat]

They should require the Chinese to divest.

[nevermorelenore]

The Chinese management were probably distributing mists/aerosols/contaminated wipes to compromise the product and packaging. I wouldn’t even want to consume something from a Chines-owned company. Kick them OUT of U.S.....sell off the company to highest US bidder...

[RetiredArmy]

Couldn’t kill us all with the virus, so now they will try to starve us out.

[nevermorelenore]

Pigs are the vehicle by which they accelerate the potency of the virus...

[TheConservativeTejano]

Nationalize them yesterday.

Partner, why do we even have these Chicoms owning any of our Food Plants.

The Chicoms never play fair and they are having a real problem with our President Trump. This is what it is all about and they do not want President Trump to win come this November.
I have got some important news to yall, President Trump will get re-elected in November of this year. How do you like them apples?

The liberals do not want President Trump since he will call the shots on the next USSC Justices and the DemonRat party knows that little piece of information.

[lodi90]

Of course China will take 10x that back from our companies’ investments over there, but that was probably the end game anyway.

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Your mistake is believing they are “our companies.” Multi-national corps HQ’d in the US ceased being American a long time ago.

[9YearLurker]

We’re trying to rein them back in, of course.

[353FMG]

Times are achanging.

[jimmygrace]

So-called conservatives are now losing their respect for private property rights? So sad to hear. It is not constitutional to nationalize industry. One can choose not to buy from them, but one should not go all Castro on them.

[Fury]

Nationalize them

No, that's not really a good idea.

[Fury]

Wow. That’s a phrase I never thought I’d see on FREE REPUBLIC.

Apparently, the difference between a conservative and a liberal is one's stomach.

Agreed that it is surprising to be seen on FR.

[metmom]

Couldn’t kill us all with the virus, so now they will try to starve us out.

I wish I could disagree with you.

[GenXteacher]

At this point it is merely one nation dispossessing another. The corporation in possession is just a front for the Chicom government. If our government nationalized it, it is exchanging one nationalization for another.

[Pollard]

Yup and; """Popular meat brands Nathan’s Famous, Farmland, Eckrich, Armour, and Healthy Ones, to name a few, all fall under the umbrella of Smithfield Foods - the largest producer of pork products in the United States."""

[Jane Long]

Isn’t that what the ChiComs did to foreign owned businesses, recently?

In a time of war.....and, we are at war.

The real issue....is how we’ve ever come to allow a COMMUNIST country own anything to do with our food supply.

And, while we’re at it....how did we EVER allow a COMMUNIST country to make our vital Rx meds and med supplies?

We threw fits when there was melamine in our ChiCom made pet food....yet, we let them make our freaking Rx meds, med supplies, med and regular electronics, etc?

[Jane Long]

How many non-ChiCom meat packing plants do we have, here, in the USA?

Asking for about 330 million friends.