Tyson to work with USDA, Russia to fix pork bans

CHICAGO, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. meat company Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) said on Thursday it has few details about why Russia banned pork from two of its plants, but that it will work the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Russia to resolve the matter.

The affected plants are Columbus Junction, Iowa, and Waterloo, Iowa,

Russia said the bans, which become effective June 6, were due to e.coli in the meat.

"We have very few details about the Russian plant de-listings. We can tell you we're confident about the safety of our pork products. All of our fresh pork operations are federally inspected and have government inspectors on hand every moment they're in operation," Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said in an e-mail.

Russia also banned pork from a Brazilian plant and a Paraguay plant, as well as horse meat from an Argentina plant, all because of apparent e.coli contamination. (Reporting by Bob Burgdorfer; Editing by Christian Wiessner)