❝President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open to protect the country’s food supply, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
Trump is likely to sign an executive order later in the day using the Defense Production Act to mandate that the plants continue to function, the official said.
The order is designed to give companies such as Tyson Foods Inc and others more liability protection in case employees catch the virus as a result of having to go to work.
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The senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said if action were not taken, the vast majority of processing plants could have shut down for a period of time, reducing meat supply capacity in the United States by as much as 80%.❞
Trump is likely to sign an executive order later in the day using the Defense Production Act to mandate that the plants continue to function, the official said.
The order is designed to give companies such as Tyson Foods Inc and others more liability protection in case employees catch the virus as a result of having to go to work.
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The senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said if action were not taken, the vast majority of processing plants could have shut down for a period of time, reducing meat supply capacity in the United States by as much as 80%.❞