The county health official is like your county sheriff.
During any sort of health issue they ARE the top dog.
in fact, the sheriff reports TO the county health official in such circumstances.
When over half your workforce is out sick with a virus, who exactly will be processing the meat? Do you think you’ll convince lots of *other* people to come work there and get infected too? Good luck with that!
Legally, Trump can’t direct them to do a damned thing. He knows this, it’s why he hasn’t said anything about this.
If the food supply chain becomes a national security issue you bet your sweet bippy Trump can do something about it. Faster than you can say drumsticks. Just watch.