Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 12/8/20


The “essential” employees who have kept meat and poultry available during the pandemic should be at or near the front of the line for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine,  on that there is rare agreement up and down the industry. After months of pandemic rancor, it appears there is finally widespread agreement on the prioritization of meat and poultry plant workers for receiving the vaccine already available in the United Kingdom. Distribution in the United States is expected to begin later this week.

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