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Food and ag groups also seek partnership in vaccinations for essential workers. In the recently passed COVID-19 assistance package, Congress provided no less than $1.5 billion to fund purchases of food for distribution to those in need, and to provide worker protection measures, and retooling support for farmers, farmers markets and food processors, with the flexibility to spend additional funds to address COVID-19-related needs in the food supply chain. While another round of $1.5 billio...

Share this: Workers at an orchard in Yakima, Washington, pull on equipment while wearing masks and gloves to protect against the coronavirus. A recent study by UC Berkeley found that farmworkers were less likely to get the vaccine, even though they were more likely than the general public to contract Covid-19. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Food and agricultural workers are supposed to be a part of the next group of people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, but experts worry that many workers won’t...

12th COVID death renews pressure on California poultry producer CBSNews © Rich Pedroncelli/AP Virus Outbreak Chicken Plant The death of a third worker from COVID-19 at a California food processing facility has renewed pressure on the Foster Farms company just days after a court ordered it to provide face masks to employees and follow a number of other anti-virus measures. Three workers at Foster Farms Cherry Avenue plant in Fresno and nine at its Livingston plant in Merced Co...

An unprecedented year, in numbers. On Saturday, June 6, people walk in Gould Park in Vidor. Several hundred people came to the park on Saturday afternoon for a protest and peace march in honor of George Floyd. Fran Ruchalski/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP An unprecedented year, in numbers. On Saturday, June 6, people walk in Gould Park in Vidor. Several hundred people came to the park on Saturday afternoon for a protest and peace march in honor of George Floyd. Fran Ruchalski/The Beaumont Ent...

BY NAFB News Service | December 29, 2020 A new analysis of independent data for November shows that reported new COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers were more than eight times lower than the general population. Data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network says the meat and poultry sector reported an average of 5.57 new cases per 10,000 workers daily in November. ...

On the morning of Dec. 8, about 30 workers at a Georges poultry plant in Springdale, Arkansas, staged a walkout to protest their working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The family-owned company, one of the 10 biggest poultry producers in the U.S., is headquartered in Springdale and also operates processing plants in Virginia and Missouri as well as a prepared foods division in Tennessee, with more than 4,800 employees across all locations. The plant that workers walked out of is one of...

Infection rates in meat and poultry workers more than eight times lower than general population.

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Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New analysis of independent data for the full month of November shows that reported new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were more than 8 times lower than rates in the general population. According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network (data), the meat and poultry sector was reported to have an average of 5.57 new cases per 100,000 workers per day in November. Infection rat...

North American Meat Institute | Dec 23, 2020 Meat and poultry workers are less likely to get Covid-19 than the rest of the population. Yes, you read that right. A new analysis of independent data for the full month of November show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were more than 8 times lower than rates in the general population.   According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network, the meat and poultry sector was reported to have a...