The U.S meat industry is on the brink of disaster because of COVID-19
, and other outlets found that working conditions and corporate policies at major meat processing plants — including those of Tyson Foods, JBS USA, and Smithfield Foods — turned facilities into “infection hot spots.
” According to the, employees claimed that managers encouraged them to work while sick, and personal protective equipment wasn’t required or distributed until April. There have been COVID-19 outbreaks at at least 48 plants across the U.S., with more than 2,200 workers testing positive for the virus,
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