The meat processing bottleneck is slowing the ample supply from getting to customers.
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Over the past several weeks, a number of major meat suppliers have announced temporary closures as workers fall ill with COVID-19.
Company officials did not release any information regarding employees who have tested positive "out of respect for the families," according to a news release.
State Rep. Terry Goodin, D-Seymour, sent a letter to Holcomb, writing that farmers had been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 outbreak.