Full CoverageUS food processing plants become COVID-19 hot spots
By Stephanie Soucheray
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Meat processors warn of shortages. Here’s why they’re getting hit so hard
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner
Coronavirus: Trump orders meatpacking plants to stay open
By Jessica Lussenhop
‘The food supply chain is breaking’: Tyson Foods raises coronavirus alarm in full-page ads, defends safety efforts
By Katie Shepherd
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Trump orders meat plants to stay open in pandemic
By Kimberly Kindy, Taylor Telford & Jacob Bogage
Donald Trump's keep-open order creates anxiety in Iowa city with a meatpacking plant, relief for farmers
By donnelle eller & Barbara Rodriguez
Trump Declares Meat Supply ‘Critical,’ Aiming to Reopen Plants (Published 2020)
By Ana Claire Swanson & David Yaffe-Bellany
Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open, invoking Defense Production Act
By Melissa Quinn & Weijia Jiang
Trump orders meat plants to stay open as worker deaths rise
By Gabby Orr & Liz Crampton
Trump signs executive order to keep meat processing plants open under Defense Production Act
By Katherine Faulders
Perspective | Meatpacking work has become less safe. Now it threatens our meat supply.
By Christopher Deutsch
As they rushed to maintain U.S. meat supply, big processors saw plants become covid-19 hot spots, worker illnesses spike
By Kimberly Kindy & Taylor Telford
Americans on Cusp of Meat Shortage With Food Chain Breaking Down
By Jen Skerritt & Michael Hirtzer
Powerful Meat Industry Holds More Sway After Trump’s Order (Published 2020)
By Ana Claire Swanson, David Yaffe-Bellany & Michael Corkery
'The Food Supply Chain is Breaking.' Tyson Foods Warns of Meat Shortage Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
By Sanya Mansoor
Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open
By Maegan Vazquez & Kaitlan Collins