With concerns about food shortages and supply chain disruptions, Trump issued an executive order using the Defence Production Act to mandate that the plants continue to function. John H Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, said on Sunday that the food supply chain was "breaking" and warned of the potential for meat shortages. Before issuing the executive order, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that signing the order, "... will solve any liability problems," adding, "And we always work with the farmers. The executive order, released Tuesday evening, said the closure of just one large beef-processing plant could result in 10 million fewer individual servings of beef in a day. The White House worked directly with executives from the meat-processing companies to determine what they needed to stay open safely, the administration official said.

Source: bd News24 April 29, 2020 01:07 UTC