The bulk grocer announced this week that it would be limiting shoppers to three total items of fresh beef, pork, and poultry products per visit
, an employee at the Lincoln Premium Poultry plant in Nebraska, which produces chickens specifically for Costco, died of COVID-19, and the plant has reported 28 positive cases among workers.
A spokesperson said the plant will now screen employee temperatures and perform deep cleaning, though did not specify whether the plant would close for any period of time. But as federal and local governments keep pushing for business to reopen and meatpacking plants to continue producing, it’s likely that more workers will fall ill.
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