Posted on 05/01/2020 4:52:35 AM PDT by C19fan
America's mounting meat crisis has been laid bare in pictures showing empty store shelves across the country after processing plants were forced to slow production or close amid outbreaks of coronavirus. Two dozen meat processing plants across America have been forced to close at some point in the last two months while many others have been forced to slow output after workers got sick, according to union bosses. Shortages of poultry, beef and pork have continued despite stores limiting how many products each person can buy in order to prevent hoarding which has exacerbated the problem. The crisis is also set to get worse despite Donald Trump using the Defense Production Act to force plants to stay open and will not peak until the end of this month, unions have warned, with shortages likely to continue even for months after that.
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Last time I was in the store for groceries was two days ago. There was plenty of meat thete. No shortages I could se.e
My Costco was full as was my grocery store and that was yesterday.
I was in our Super Kroger four days ago and there was ZERO chicken products available. Aside from some processed crap in a freezer.
We shall see.
They are working overtime to create a panic in the food supply.
Same at the local grocery store here in N GA.
Same here no shortage
I wonder if this propaganda like the toilet paper shortage.
Guess UK has the meats.
Just went to local supermarket. Plenty of meat.
If the problem was laid bare they’d be discussing the living conditions of the illegal plant workers...
No idea what they are talking about
Curious that clusters almost simultaneously occurring only in meatpacking in multiple states with very low infection rate. Plus Canada and Germany,
Other close contact industries not seeing clusters like this.
Looks deliberate.
Gee, illegals not mentioned in the article at all...
Go figure.
FWIW, I wouldn’t take Canada’s or Germany’s word on their infection rates.
And I’ll bet few infections actually occurred at the plants.
So you’re a hoarder?
I sure hope the industry beats the meat...shortage.
Only if it’s a walk in freezer
I just got a bunch of steaks from shoprite and then more from amazon.
And I’m in ground zero.
Who writes these articles and why are they given credence?
It could be I was there before the truck arrived.
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