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US food processing plants become COVID-19 hot spots
By Stephanie Soucheray
Trump push to keep meatpacking plants open comes as pork producers profit from China trade deal
By Christina Wilkie, Melissa Repko & Lauren Hirsch
Perspective | Meatpacking work has become less safe. Now it threatens our meat supply.
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Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open, invoking Defense Production Act
By Weijia Jiang & Melissa Quinn
Powerful Meat Industry Holds More Sway After Trump's Order (Published 2020)
By Michael Corkery, Ana Swanson & David Yaffe-Bellany
Coronavirus: Trump orders meatpacking plants to stay open
By Jessica Lussenhop
Workers Afraid Of Coronavirus At Meat Plants Ordered To Open By Trump : Coronavirus Updates
By Luke Runyon
Coronavirus: Meat shortages expected as production plunges
By Kyle Bagenstose, Nathan Bomey & Sky Chadde
Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open
By Kaitlan Collins & Maegan Vazquez
Meat processing plants across the US are closing due to the pandemic. Will consumers feel the impact?
By Pamela Kirkland & Dianne Gallagher
Meat processors warn of shortages. Here's why they're getting hit so hard
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner
Trump Orders Meat Plants to Stay Open in Move Unions Slam
By Lydia Mulvany & Jennifer Jacobs
Americans on Cusp of Meat Shortage With Food Chain Breaking Down
By Michael Hirtzer & Jen Skerritt
Tyson Foods chairman warns 'food supply chain is breaking' as coronavirus forces plant closures
By Amelia Lucas
Trump orders meatpacking plants to remain open using the Defense Production Act
By Christina Wilkie & Amelia Lucas
Trump Signs Executive Order to Prevent Meat Shortage
By David Yaffe-Bellany & Ana Swanson
Inside Smithfield, JBS and Tysons Food meat plants, fears grew of employees working sick, without protective gear
By Taylor Telford & Kimberly Kindy
'The food supply chain is breaking': Tyson Foods raises coronavirus alarm in full-page ads, defends safety efforts
By Katie Shepherd
Trump orders meat plants to say open, citing Defense Production Act
By Kimberly Kindy, Taylor Telford & Jacob Bogage