U.S. Backs Contentious Meat-Plant Changes With Supply at Risk
Deena Shanker and Lydia Mulvany, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) — As American meat producers are forced to shutter and slow output at plants amid coronavirus outbreaks, the U.S. government is giving companies a green light to run some facilities at higher speeds — something experts and labor advocates have long said is dangerous for workers.
In April, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service allowed five poultry plants — two owned by Tyson Foods Inc., and three by Wayne Farms LLC — to run their slaughter lines at higher speeds. The agency also gave approval to Foster Farms in March.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/u-s-backs-contentious-meat-plant-changes-with-supply-at-risk-1.1420983
Current meat packing/processing plants affected:
Smithfield, in SD (293 cases, closed)
JBS in Greeley, CO (2, deaths, 14 hospitalized, 300 sick, closed 2 weeks)
JBS in Grand Island, NE (28 sick)
JBS in Souderton, PA (shut until April 16)
Cargill in Hazelton, PA (160 test positive, closed until further notice)
Tyson in Camilla, GA - 3 deaths ? infections
Tyson in Columbus Junction, IA (24 cases, Closed for a week)
National Beef Packing Co, Tampa, IA (shut until April 13)
Aurora Packing Company, Aurora, IL (closed until ?)
Sanderson Farms Inc, Moultrie, Georgia (reducing operations by 300k birds)
CANADA
Harmony Beef in Alberta (shut two days)
Maple Leaf Foods (3 cases, closed)
Olymel pork plant in Quebec, (shut March 29, 50 workers sick)
WA
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Today, 05:45 PM
10,411 cases
508 deaths
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
Snohomish +3 to 73: https://www.snohd.org/499/COVID-19-Case-Count-Info
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Bringing the state toll to at least 514.