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Open Markets and Allies Demand Antitrust Enforcement in Meat Industry to Protect Workers, Farmers

Proposal calls for repeal of executive order invoking Defense Production Act to keep slaughterhouses operating.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsMay 1, 20202020, May 2020, Food & Agriculture, Labor

Restructuring America’s Meat Industry for Worker and Consumer Safety and Farmer Prosperity

President Donald Trump on Tuesday used the Defense Production Act to declare meatpacking plants to be essential facilities and allowed the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reopen plants shuttered due to outbreaks of COVID-19 among workers. The Open Markets Institute, Food & Water Action, and Family Farm Action Alliance, joined by the undersigned, share the president’s desire to ensure a robust supply of food to every American family. Unfortunately, we believe this order is the wrong way to do so.

BlogsOpen MarketsMay 1, 2020May 2020, 2020, Food & Agriculture, Food & Power, Primary Feature