U.S. Faces Meat Shortages as Pork, Other Protein Exports to China Soar

The coronavirus outbreak has impacted the U.S. food supply chain, including the disease infecting workers at meat processing plants, causing operations to shut down and resulting in slaughtering of livestock that can’t be processed and shipped to retailers. Some restaurant chains are also facing shortages, including Wendy’s, which announced it had run out of beef for burgers.-- More...