Report criticizes meat industry, USDA response amid pandemic
The report issued Thursday says meat companies pushed to keep their plants open even though they knew workers were at high risk.
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The report issued Thursday says meat companies pushed to keep their plants open even though they knew workers were at high risk.
The report by the House’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis said meat companies pushed to keep their plants open even though they knew workers were at high risk of catching the coronavirus.
The report issued Thursday says meat companies pushed to keep their plants open even though they knew workers were at high risk.
The report issued Thursday says meat companies pushed to keep their plants open even though they knew workers were at high risk.
At the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as covid-19 spread rapidly among workers, according to a Congressional report released Thursday.