Possible plans for meat plant workers to be tested regularly nationwide do not include news of statutory tests for meat:
With regard to the recent surge in covid cases, a current report described meat plants as covid rich environments, seemingly second only to intensive care units.
Management of meat plants are thought to have been asked to begin to test workers for covid and may be responsible to innitiate covid tests even though a positive result could mean closure. Recently a plant was closed down by the government when 30% of workers tested positive. Explanations for the high rate of covid amongst meat plant workers fail to question the meat. Testing meat and identifying the source or origin of any that test positive could protect the consumer and guard against future outbreaks.