Trump ranked meat enterprises as defense enterprises to work during a pandemic Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump equated meat and poultry processing companies with defense enterprises, which will allow them not to suspend work in a pandemic. The corresponding decree is posted on the website of the White House.

“It is important that the beef, pork, and poultry (“meat and poultry”) processing facilities in the food supply chain continue to operate and fulfill orders to ensure a continuous supply of protein for Americans,” the document says.

According to Trump, the suspension of the work of a number of meat processing enterprises due to the detection of coronavirus in their employees could undermine "critical infrastructure" during the state of emergency in the United States.

He gave the example that the closure of one large beef processing plant could result in the loss of more than 10 million servings of meat in one day.