A recent mask requirement from the USDA has meat processors concerned.
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service Notice 34-21 says meat and poultry plants that use federal inspectors must require their employees or contractors to wear masks when inspectors are present if the plant is in an area of “substantial” or “high” COVID-19 transmission. The notice says USDA does not have the authority to directly abate hazardous conditions at private establishments, but the agency can keep its inspectors away from the plant if employees don’t wear masks.
