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title: "❝President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants…"
date: 2020-04-28
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# ❝President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants…

*April 28, 2020 · Facebook*

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❝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.\
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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.\
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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%.❞
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