Pestilence: As COVID-19 Spreads In Meat Plants, 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive

The World Is In Big Trouble, for Those That Believe We Will Go Back to Some Sense of Normal Life Here on Earth, You Will Be Sadly Disappointed, Seven and Half Years of Hell on Earth Which Began January 1, 2020… Summary: A U.S. Agriculture Department spokesperson told Food Dive that 197 field employees in the Food Safety and Inspection Service ​are absent from work after testing positive for coronavirus and 120 FSIS employees are under self-quarantine due to contact with or exposure to COVID-1​9 as of May 5. The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing 6,500 federal food inspectors, said three inspectors have died in Illinois, Mississippi and New York, Meat and Poultry reported.  “FSIS has taken the unprecedented step of protecting its employees by allowing those inspectors in high-risk health categories to self-certify with their supervisor and excusing them from inspection…

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The Food Supply Chain Is Breaking. in Response, Us President Trump Invoked

the Defense Production Act to Force Meat-Processing Plants to Stay Open and Big Tech Continues to Play God With the Truth… Where’s the Beef? As we approach a long weekend (China shuts for the May Day holiday on Friday, and most of the rest of the world celebrates the following Monday), the prevailing sentiment is still moderately risk on – or at least that is what one would assume when looking at USD, which has been on the back foot the last few days. This is presumably because of the ‘victories’ being seen in various places against the virus. Unfortunately, in market terms we once again have to reiterate that this is a case of finding the potatoes but missing all the beef – because the economic damage is only just beginning. And it is terrifying. Let’s start with the…

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