NEW YORK – Mexico last week suspended meat imports from 30 plants in 14 states, according to a list on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site.
Among the plants listed on the site are the Smithfield Packing Inc. plant in Tar Heel, N.C. and another Smithfield plant in Plant City, Fla. Three plants operated by subsidiary John Morrell & Co., two in South Dakota and one in Iowa, a Nebraska pork run by subsidiary Farmland Foods Inc. and a Pennsylvania beef plant run by its Moyer Packing Co. unit were all included on the list.