A Garden City, Kansas meat processing plant owned by Beef Products Inc. (BPI) will begin to collect beef trimmings next week and resume operations after controversy surrounding the company’s lean, finely textured beef product forced the facility to close in 2012.
BPI said the plant will reopen to support production at its Nebraska facility and anticipates hiring 40 to 45 employees. According to the Associated Press, the Kansas plant is the first site to reopen since the company closed three facilities following a high-profile media controversy concerning its lean, finely textured beef.