An Upstate chicken processing plant has confirmed to WYFF News 4 that some of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
WYFF News 4 asked company officials for more information after receiving anonymous tips about employees testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
The tips come after the company set up several pop-up sales in recent weeks to sell 40-pound boxes of chicken for $40 to the general public.
Some of those sales were scheduled, then canceled.
Viewers asked if the cancellations were due to the cases of coronavirus, but a spokesman said that is not the case.
House of Raeford manager of corporate communications and sustainability Dave Witter released the following statement:
"We can reconfirm that there have been a very small number of employees who have tested positive for COVID-19 at our Greenville operation.
"It is important to emphasize that the safety and quality of the food we produce is, of course, a high priority for House of Raeford Farms.
"Based on statements from the CDC, USDA, and FDA, there is currently 'no evidence to support transmission of the COVID-19 virus associated with food.'