Trump signs order to keep meat processing plants open

Apr 29, 20200

David Zalubowski – Associated Press count

A shopper surveys the overflowing selection of packaged meat in a grocery early Monday, April 27, 2020, in southeast Denver. With closures in meat processing plants across the country because of the spread of the new coronavirus among workers, food analysts are forecasting shortages of beef, pork and poultry on the shelves of the country's supermarkets in the days ahead.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump late Tuesday signed an order compelling meat processing plants to stay open under the Defense Production Act to protect the nation's food supply.

The decision comes as at least 20 plants across the country - including at least three in Minnesota - have been shuttered temporarily by outbreaks of COVID-19.

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