Three employees from the Kraft Foods plant in Springfield have tested positive for COVID-19.
All three employees are currently in self-quarantine at home with full pay.
Kraft says it has steps to identify and notify individuals who worked closely with these employees.
Nearly two months ago, Kraft announced two other employees in the Springfield warehouse were diagnosed with COVID-19, and closed briefly for a ‘deep cleaning’ of the plant.
A statement from Kraft says the following safety measures are in place to reduce the risk:
-Along with our regular cleaning process, we disinfect and sanitize all employee touch points within the facility every four hours.
-We have deep cleaned the production lines where the affected employees worked.
-We’ve displayed posters and digital screen signage in our U.S. manufacturing facilities about the importance of social distancing at our plants and when away from work to keep themselves and their communities healthy and safe.
-Redesigned employee breakrooms and staggered breaks and lunch times.
-We provide face masks to all manufacturing employees and conduct health assessments and temperature checks of employees before they enter our facilities.
