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America's meat crisis laid bare:

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk By CHRIS PLEASANCE

Meat shelves in stores across America continue to be stripped bare as coroanvirus affects supply chains 

Two dozen meat processing plants across America have been forced to close at some point in the last two months while many others have been forced to slow output after workers got sick 

Shortages of poultry, beef and pork have continued despite stores limiting how many products each person can buy in order to prevent hoarding  

So far about 20 workers have died and another 6,500 have fallen ill due as cramped working conditions with employees often standing shoulder-to-shoulder on production lines has caused coronavirus to run rampant

Nearly 900 workers - or 40 percent of the workforce - at a single Tyson facility in Logansport, Indiana, have tested positive for the virus 

Meanwhile, 126 workers at the Triumph Foods beef plant in St Joseph, Missouri have tested positive

President Donald Trump took executive action this week when he ordered meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing infections and the impact on the nation's food supply 


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