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UFCW, Meat Institute Call on Governors in All 50 States to Prioritize Vaccination of Frontline Meat and Poultry Worker

WASHINGTON, DC  Today, the nation’s largest union for meatpacking workers and the association representing meat producers joined forces to urge all 50 U.S. governors to urgently prioritize COVID-19 vaccination for frontline meat and poultry workers across the United States, in accordance with official Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance.  COVID-19 vaccinations can, in many cases, be administered through meat and poultry facilities’ existing health programs and staff. UFCW and the Meat Institute committed to assist employees with information and access to off-site vaccination, if needed, and to support vaccine information and education efforts. Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts: “Health authorities around the world, employers, unions, and civil rights groups all agree – high priority access to vaccines is critical for the long-term safety of essential frontline meat and poultry workers who have kept Americans’ refrigerators full and our farm eco

Rising cost to feed animals is squeezing meat producers

The meat industry is starting to get squeezed from both sides. China is rebuilding its hog herd faster than expected, boosting demand and prices for soybeans and corn used to feed animals. And with its herds growing quickly, the world’s biggest consumer may soon need to import less meat. That twin dynamic — elevated feed costs and likelihood of smaller meat shipments to China in 2021 — threaten to shrink profits for livestock and poultry farmers in the U.S, Brazil and elsewhere, as well as the companies that process the animals into meat. Even worse, producers are getting hit just as they begin emerging from the coronavirus pandemic that added costs and lowered domestic prices for animals.

Industries lobby to move up on COVID-19 vaccine distribution list

Industries lobby to move up on COVID-19 vaccine distribution list Cassidy Morrison © Provided by Washington Examiner The meatpacking, food, and aviation industries, among others, are lobbying governments to prioritize their employees for vaccination, arguing they are essential workers crucial to propping up the economy. “Meat industry workers are part of the essential workforce and prioritizing them will provide an efficient means of administering the vaccine to a significant number of people who have been identified by [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] as a population that was greatly affected by COVID-19,” said Dr. KatieRose McCullough, director of regulatory and scientific affairs at the North American Meat Institute.

Rising Cost to Feed Animals Squeezing Meat Producers

Rising Cost to Feed Animals Squeezing Meat Producers
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