/PRNewswire/ Julie Anna Potts, president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), today congratulated U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ New analysis of independent data show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers are 60% lower than in the general U.S. population and two-thirds lower than case rates in the sector in May 2020.
According to data from the
Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), the meat and poultry sector was reported to have an average of 32.64 new reported cases per 100,000 workers per day in January 2021, two-thirds lower than the average of 98.39 new reported cases per 100,000 workers per day in May 2020.
New York Times reports that in January 2021, the average new case rate for the U.S. population climbed to 78.59 cases per 100,000 people per day, more than 11 times higher than the new case rate in May.
/PRNewswire/ New analysis of independent data for 2020 show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were five times.
China s appetite for American protein is growing. According to one ag economist, from 2011-2018 China had an average increase of 423 million pounds of beef and 235 million pounds of pork.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ New analysis of independent data for the full month of November shows that reported new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were more than 8 times lower than rates in the general population.
According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network (data), the meat and poultry sector was reported to have an average of 5.57 new cases per 100,000 workers per day in November. Infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers have declined steeply in the last six months, while surging across the United States.
The New York Times (data) reports that during the same period, the average new case rate for the U.S. population was 45.36 cases per 100,000 people per day.