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6 July

The report inaccurately states that our facility in Starachowice, Poland, temporarily closed. To clarify, while some areas of the facility were shut down for a short time, the facility continued to operate and remains operational. 

At the core of Smithfield’s COVID-19 response is an ongoing focus on employee health and safety, and continued adherence with the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Inspection (SANEPID) guidance. Here is a list of the aggressive measures we have taken to protect our employees in our Poland facilities: 

- Adopted a series of stringent and detailed processes, protocols and protective measures that follow, and in many cases exceed governmental requirements 

- Boosted personal protective equipment (PPE) to include masks and face shields

- Installed plexiglass and other physical barriers on our production floor and in break rooms... 

- Implemented mass thermal scanning systems...

- Increased social distancing...

- Adjusted the start and end time of shifts

- Added abundant hand sanitizing stations 

- Enhanced cleaning and disinfection 

- Explicitly instructing employees not to report to work and recommending they contact a health care center or SANEPID if they are sick or exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms

- Requiring sick employees to stay home and isolate 

- Offering all quarantined employees paid leave equating to 80% of an average of the last 12 months’ salary...

- Offering paid leave for all employees age 60 or above and/or disabled and/or at higher risk for serious complications from COVID-19...

- Providing an extra governmental nursery care benefit...

- Instituted additional sanitary precautions and rented additional flats to support social distancing in areas where housing is provide...

- Stressing importance of personal hygiene

- Posted employee communications in multiple languages...