Thoughts on COVID-19 from a food and legal perspective
According to the CDC, among 23 states reporting COVID-19 outbreaks in meat and poultry processing facilities, 16,233 cases in 239 facilities occurred, including 86 (0.5%) COVID-19–related deaths. Among cases with race/ethnicity reported, 87% occurred among racial or ethnic minorities.
The animal slaughtering and processing industry employs an estimated 525,000 workers in approximately 3,500 facilities nationwide.…
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Since then, the Small Business Administration has approved more than 1.6 million loans under the PPP.…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced some significant changes on our daily lives. The primary changes incorporated by individuals seeking to avoid infection involve spending a lot more time at home and keeping person-to-person interaction at a minimum (better known as “social distancing”). We at Marler Clark have been thinking about possible food safety pitfalls related…
