Calling meatpacking workers “heroes”, US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has said beef processing facilities are now operating at 98% of last year’s capacity.

Pork facilities are operating at 95% and poultry facilities are operating at 98% of their capacity. The businesses were strongly affected by outbreaks of coronavirus towards the start of the pandemic. Factories were temporarily closed, which affected the supply chain, leading President Donald Trump to sign an executive order to keep them open.

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