Trump to sign order to keep meat-processing plants open
Story Date: 4/29/2020

 

Source: MARKET WATCH, 4/28/20



President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would sign an executive order on food supply, as the U.S. was working with Tyson Foods during the coronavirus pandemic. The order, reports the Associated Press, is meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on U.S. supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open, the news organization reported.

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