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World’s Biggest Meat Company Shuts Two US Plants
JBS, the world's largest meat company, will close a beef plant in Souderton, Pennsylvania, and a value-added plant in Memphis, Tennessee. The Pennsylvania facility employs approximately 1,700 people and processes around 2,000 cattle daily. The closures are attributed to a US cattle shortage.
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