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September 11, 2020

Trump Admin Fines Pork Processor $13,500 for Lapses at Plant Where 1,300 Contracted Coronavirus
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The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is approaching 192,000. On Thursday,
U.S. Department of Labor fined a Smithfield Foods meat processing plant
in South Dakota that became an early hot spot for the coronavirus.
Nearly 1,300 workers were infected; 43 were hospitalized; four died. The
fine was for less than $13,500.


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