Netherlands: Dutch Slaughterhouse Closed After COVID-19 Detected

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Netherlands: Dutch Slaughterhouse Closed After COVID-19 Detected

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has suspended its inspections at a swine slaughterhouse in Groenlo after coronavirus (COVID-19) was detected among the workers and the plant was temporarily closed. The plant, owned by Vion Food Group, slaughters approximately 1.25 million hogs annually -- roughly eight percent of total swine slaughter in the Netherlands.

Netherlands: Dutch Slaughterhouse Closed After COVID-19 Detected

COVID-19
Europe and Eurasia, Netherlands

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