Slaughterhouse shutdowns in response to COVID-19 cases among employees are disrupting the U.S. food supply chain, sparking fears over consumer access to meat and poultry.
"Our plant production areas are sanitized daily to ensure food safety, and we have stepped up deep cleaning and sanitizing of our facilities, especially in employee break rooms, locker rooms and other areas to protect our team members," Schmitz said.
However, the North American Meat Institute , which represents companies responsible for 90 percent of red meat production and 70 percent of turkey production in the U.S., said that concern is unnecessary. "As these big plants go offline, there are other plants around the country that have yet to experience any coronavirus problems," she added."We have some plants that have not been affected at all, and others that have slowed production due to illness or due to social distancing. Food is still made; it's just slower."
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