Kroger limiting ground beef, pork purchases in some stores

The world's biggest meat companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc, Cargill Inc, JBS USA and Tyson Foods Inc, have halted operations at about 20 slaughterhouses and processing plants in North America as workers fall ill, stoking global fears of a meat shortage.Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the country.