JBS says Moberly bacon plant to reopen ‘soon’

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Meat processor JBS Foods said Thursday that its bacon plant in Moberly will fully reopen soon after being cited by the USDA this week.

The USDA issued the plant a notice of suspension on Friday, a USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service spokesperson said in an email to ABC 17 News. The FSIS did not disclose what led to the citation. The USDA publishes food inspection information quarterly, but the report for the first quarter of 2026 has not been posted.

The FSIS spokesperson said the citation was not related to any foodborne illness.

A JBS spokesperson said a production line had been shut down.

"Out of an abundance of caution, operations at the facility were temporarily paused while we complete engineering improvements," the spokesperson said.

JBS expects "to resume normal operations at the facility soon."

JBS told a trade magazine last year that about 400 people work at the plant.

Multinational corporation JBS Foods is the second-biggest pork producer in the United States, according to the company's website.