In the U.S. on the background of the unfolding cold crisis caused by the epidemic of the coronavirus, meat was unavailable to ordinary Americans, becoming a food exclusively for the rich. This writes Bloomberg.
the Largest American companies, such as Tyson Foods and Cargill, began to close in recent weeks due outbreaks of coronavirus among workers. The fact that the bulk of the employees of large companies are coming from families with low incomes, migrants who cannot afford to go to the hospital or adequate medical care. due outbreaks in the United States, the decline was meat processing, which is reflected in the range of conventional grocery stores, which began to empty shelves.
However, the crisis did not affect the road segment, such as organic meat, which can cost two or more times more expensive than usual. Such enterprises are not closed, because the staff of their workers less and they are unlike the large plants are more able to follow social distance and health standards. Mike Had the owner of the ranch and a small meat processing plant in Kansas, said his business producing beef, pork and poultry is booming, an increase of more than doubled. Customers wishing to stock up on expensive meats, according to him, “stand in a queue at the door.”
as a result of coronavirus meat in the United States literally turned into food for the rich, the newspaper notes. While average citizens are faced with rising unemployment and loss of income and face a choice — to pay more for meat or to do without it, the wealthy do not face a shortage or need for rejection of the product.
According to the International Union of food industry workers and trade at least 30 American meat industry employees died from the coronavirus, and more than 10 thousand were infected. The trade Union said on may 8 that over the last two months, was closed at least 30 plants, mostly large.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald trump has signed a decree according to which factories are included in the so-called Act of the defense industry and need uninterrupted work. However, the working group on ecology called the order a “potential death sentence” for employees.
