(Radio Iowa) — Tyson Foods has suspended production at its Columbus Junction pork processing plant.  The company released a statement saying they’ve identified two dozen cases of COVID-19 involving team members at the plant in Muscatine County. The company headquartered in Arkansas and says it is experiencing varying levels of production impact due to additional worker-safety precautions and worker absenteeism.

Muscatine County had 41 cases of COVID-19 reported as of Monday — with 52 in nearby Scott County. Tyson says they will divert the livestock supply originally scheduled for delivery to Columbus Junction to its other pork plants in the region. Tyson has other Iowa plants in Waterloo and Storm Lake