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HPAI prompts Jennie-O layoffs
The first mass layoffs tied to avian influenza will take place later this month.
Hormel Foods unit Jennie-O Turkey Store says H5N2 has reduced the number of turkeys available for processing and it will temporarily lay off 233 workers at its Faribault, Minnesota processing facility. Jennie-O says the lack of birds forced the facility to move to a single processing shift.
A statement from the company says the layoffs are temporary and it intends to bring employees back when bird numbers return to normal levels.
The layoffs will take effect May 26.
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