Trump allows the trade to open amid Corona riots, infecting more than 6,500 employees
New York, Ta. Wednesday, April 29, 2020
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved the opening of meat processing plants. Trump issued the order to protect the country's food supply amid concerns over Corona's rage. He issued an executive order using the Defense Production Act to keep the plants working in view of food shortages and bottlenecks in the supply chain. Trump's order reassures companies and employees working there.
The closure of one large beef processing plant alone could lead to a shortage of beef for about 10 million people a day, the order said. Several of the world's largest meat companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc., Cargill Inc., JBS USA and Tyson, have suspended work at about 20 slaughterhouses and processing units in North America after workers fell ill, creating a meat shortage.
However, the unions were not impressed by Trump's decision. According to some farmers, it is too late now because the pigs were killed before they were sent to the market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that U.S. meat companies slaughtered about 283,000 pigs on Tuesday, 43 percent less than before the plant shut down due to the epidemic. While processors slaughtered a total of 76,000 cattle, 38 percent less than before.
Critics say slaughterhouses were shut down when more than 6,500 meat and food processing workers became infected with the corona virus and 20 of them died.
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