A rendering of a sausage production facility in Perry, proposed by JBS USA. (Rendering courtesy of JBS Foods)

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board announced it had approved $12 million in tax benefits for a JBS Foods sausage production facility planned for Perry. 

The IEDA approved the benefits through its High Quality Jobs program, noting that nearly 60 jobs at the sausage making plant will have salaries above $30 per hour.

The plant will employ 250 people the first several years and eventually scale up to 500 jobs, according to the release.

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