The Covid-19 outbreaks in meat processing plants are due to working conditions and the crowded shelters for seasonal staff
Workers outside the Westfleisch meat processing company in Hamm, Western Germany, on May 10 2020, as all staff have to be tested for the coronavirus after a spike in cases at their abattoirs. Picture: AFP/INA FASSBENDER
The up-tick in infections in some of Europe’s biggest pork and beef shippers comes after North American meat plants became coronavirus hot-spots. While the region isn’t facing the shortages and soaring prices that have shaken the US market, the closures can disrupt sales. The death this month of a worker from a poultry producer in Northern Ireland also underlined the risks to staff.
The Unite labour union in Northern Ireland has asked processors to temporarily close facilities with outbreaks. “For now, we don’t have such great problems” as those facing American farmers, said Koch. “It’s not good, far from good, but there are options to handle it.”
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