In June 2025, it was reported that JBS would close Seven Point Pork Abattoir after Coles, a customer to the abattoir, reduced its purchasing orders amid a move to shift its pork processing to other states.

Around 270 workers will lose their jobs as a result of the closure, and many would therefore have to leave the town. This includes migrant workers, including Filipino and Sudanese workers. Some of the Sudanese workers have recently renewed their work visas and so are now at risk of being deported.

Further, JBS will allegedly only offer redundancy packages to employees who have worked with the company for over a year and will not provide accommodation support to workers “if an interstate relocation bid was successful”.

JBS told journalists that it “recognise(s) the impact and concerns this decision has on our valued workforce, their families, and the local community”; and Coles said “we want to reassure the community that we are committed to delivering South Australian pork for South Australians”.