The president invoked the Defense Production Act after more than a dozen beef, pork and poultry plants across the country shut down either temporarily or indefinitely in the past few weeks.
issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and that"unnecessary" plant closures can have a big impact on the meat supply chain.
It clearly gives authority to the Department of Agriculture to enforce the new worker safety guidelines, and to determine national priorities for keeping the meat supply chain going and to help companies do that. Reporter Christina Stella at NET Nebraska spoke to a worker at the plant in Crete, who asked for anonymity for fear of losing her job.
A statement from Smithfield Foods on Wednesday said it"applauds Trump Administration for taking decisive action to invoke emergency powers," and that,"across all its facilities, the company is providing team members with abundant personal protective equipment, including masks and face shields, has implemented mass thermal scanning and installed physical barriers on its production floors and in break areas.
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