House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson called on the Federal government to address the building stress and challenges facing the nations pork producers in a letter.<\/p>\n
Processing plants have had to close due to COVID-19 outbreaks and that leaves pork producers with no place to take hogs which need to be slaughtered and processed, and finding room on their operation is tricky.<\/p>\n
Peterson is urging Vice President Mike Pence to direct the Task Force to:<\/p>\n
Coordinate between all involved Federal, state, and local governments to provide urgent assistance to impacted farmers;<\/p>\n
Develop standards for humane euthanasia and disposal of impacted animals as well as outreach on existing financial and technical assistance resources available to producers;<\/p>\n
Provide flexibility to use all available state and Federal processing capacity to the maximum extent possible to minimize supply chain disruption;<\/p>\n
Issue Federal guidance on best practices to prevent COVID-19 transmission in plants;<\/p>\n
Provide access to adequate COVID-19 testing for plant workers and communities;<\/p>\n
Provide sufficient personal protective equipment for all plant workers and federal meat inspectors;<\/p>\n
Develop resources and conduct outreach to help farmers deal with added stress during this difficult time; and<\/p>\n
Utilize any other means at the Task Forces disposal to support farmers, processing plant workers, and plant communities.<\/p>\n
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