Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 5/8/20

Food and consumer products trade groups sent a letter to Pence on Thursday asking for more guidance on the steps they should take as they prepare to reopen . Companies and trade groups have gotten “piecemeal guidance” from different agencies so far, “making it extremely difficult for companies to develop the comprehensive detailed response plans they need,” the groups write in the letter.

Among the questions on which companies lack clear guidance: “What threshold of positive employee COVID tests should trigger a plant shutdown? When and how should manufacturers administer tests as they ramp up to reopen a plant that has been closed?”

The letter was signed by a dozen groups, including the American Bakers Association, the American Beverage Association, and the American Frozen Food Institute.