An employee at the Butterball plant in Carthage has been confirmed COVID-19 positive.
A Butterball spokesperson released the following statement:
“I can confirm that an employee at our Carthage, Missouri facility has been confirmed positive for COVID-19. We have been in contact with the individual, and they are currently in self-quarantine at home. Per our protocol, we are notifying any employees identified through contact tracing as having been in prolonged close contact with the individual. We are working with the local health department on this matter. As part of our commitment to sharing information with our teams, all employees throughout the facility are notified when an employee tests positive for COVID-19. In recent months we have made efforts at all of our plants, including our operations in Huntsville, to “flatten the curve,” including strict sanitization protocols, social distancing everywhere possible, daily temperature screenings and surgical-style face masks. We will continue to aggressively pursue initiatives that best protect our teams while they are at work. We continually evaluate our internal protocols to ensure we’re drawing from the latest guidance from the CDC and USDA as this crisis evolves.”
“We don’t have plans for mass testing of Butterball employees at this time, in part because free testing is readily available and also covered under Butterball insurance. We are working to connect employees to community resources for testing. Anyone who feels they may have been exposed to or have symptoms of COVID-19 is encouraged to see their physician and get tested.“
