Management expects the effects of the animal disease to reverberate throughout the rest of the year.

Hormel Foods Corp.’s Refrigerated Foods segment propelled the company’s performance during the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2018.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Public Health Agency have all warned consumers.

The company has filed an initial public offering (i.p.o.) to fuel additional growth.