Beef Products Inc. announced it will close three of its four plants, effective May 25. The company had suspended operations at those plants in the wake of the “pink slime” controversy that targeted its lean finely textured beef product.
About 650 jobs will be lost when the plants are closed in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kansas; and Waterloo Iowa, company spokesman Rich Jochum said. A fourth plant in South Sioux City, Neb., will remain open but will run at reduced capacity, reports the Associated Press.