Trade groups representing the country's biggest consumer companies, including PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Clorox, wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urging federal guidance on how to safely manage their factory workers as states begin to reopen for business.
, wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urging federal guidance on how to safely manage their factory workers as states begin to reopen for business.
In the letter, which was obtained by CNBC, trade groups, including the Household and Commercial Products Association, American Frozen Food Institute and the Consumer Brands Association, requested federal guidance on a number of issues as they look to safely manage the factories in which they produce America's consumer products.tests should trigger a plant shutdown, and when − and how − to administer tests as they begin to reopen a plant that has been closed.
"Federal authorities have individually responded quickly to our industry's inquiries by issuing independent guidance often through frequently asked questions or the addition of new or modified [webpages]," the groups wrote. "The result is piecemeal guidance, that, while often timely, lacks central coordination creating a daunting level of complexity and making it extremely difficult for companies to develop the comprehensive detailed response plans they need."
Proper treatment of manufacturing facilities has become a lightning rod issue as coronavirus outbreaks have triggered shutdowns of meatpacking plants by companies like
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