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EXPANDING CAPACITY ...
RAMP-UP Act will help meat processors meet demand
Would provide facility upgrade and planning grants to existing meat and poultry processors
STATEMENT ...
Cattlemen welcome legislation to improve meat processing
Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants (RAMP UP) Act has been introduced
LEGISLATION ...
AFR/OFU thrilled with introduction of RAMP-UP Act
Would allow for more small-scale processing facilities to engage in interstate shipment of meat products
EDUCATION ...
Meat processing curriculum offered at Career Tech locations
New educational programs will help curb the workforce shortage in the meat processing industry
VIRUS OUTBREAK ...
US meat industry puzzled by China's import ban for 1 plant
Ban raised concerns about the implications if the action is expanded to other plants
AG ABROAD ...
Germany works to tame meatpacking outbreak
Over 1,300 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at single slaughterhouse
AG ABROAD ...
Union weighs in on slaughterhouse outbreak in Germany
Fresh outbreak of COVID-19 sickened hundreds at one of Germany's biggest slaughterhouses
AG ABROAD ...
Germany: 657 COVID-19 cases at slaughterhouse
At least 657 people at the Toennies Group meatpacking plant had tested positive
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