US meat processor Tyson Foods is reducing operating hours at its US beef plants due to lower demand for US beef following the discovery of a case of BSE, or mad cow disease.
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More than 30 countries, including top buyers Japan and South Korea, have halted imports of US beef since the discovery of the disease in December.
“We plan to keep the plants at reduced hours while we evaluate the effect of the discovery of mad-cow,” Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
Tyson, which operates 11 beef processing plants in the US and one in Canada, exported US$1.7bn worth of beef last year to countries including Japan and South Korea, reported AP.
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