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Regulators sat on complaint as outbreak at Iowa plant grew

by Associated Press
| May 18, 2020 9:03 AM

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Safety regulators declined to inspect an Iowa pork plant despite a complaint alleging workers were exposed to the coronavirus in crowded conditions — a decision that critics said allowed a burgeoning outbreak to grow unabated.

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