Coronavirus is disrupting meat shipments to China as the country faces a shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease, Tyson Foods Inc and U.S. agricultural groups said on Thursday. “There’s been disruptions at the ports,” Tyson Chief Executive Noel White said on a call with analysts. China also eased restrictions on U.S. beef imports and in November lifted a ban on U.S. poultry meat shipments. He said Tyson is still shipping meat to China and has orders on its books. Meat shippers are also scrambling, selling to other countries or shipping to other Chinese ports, Friedmann said.

Source: Irish Independent February 07, 2020 08:37 UTC