A beef processing plant in Albany, P.E.I., is putting extra precautions in place to ensure its employees are healthy during COVID-19. Atlantic Beef Products is taking the temperatures of about 155 employees twice per day. He said Atlantic Beef Products has been working with other meat processors across the country and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to develop a protocol that protects essential workers. Pork producers 'anxious'In March, a beef plant in Calgary had to close when one of its employees was identified as having COVID-19. Mallard said Atlantic Beef Products processes around 700 cattle each week from P.E.I., Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Source: CBC News April 09, 2020 09:56 UTC