The temporary closure of Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork processing plant seem to have been the trigger for media interest in the potential disruption of the US food supply chain.
Since the food supply chain is vast and complex, the initial stories reflect that. There’s a lot of room for misinformation and confusion, which will inevitably be exploited.
The Russian state-sponsored site RT shoehorned it into a story about CANNIBAL RATS:
https://www.rt.com/usa/485722-starving-rats-coronavirus-food-supply/
