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After the packaging plants of the meat,Fruit and vegetable packaging plants find an increase in coronavirus cases among their workers, reportsReuters. This can contribute to a new wave of food shortages in the United States, where instead of beef,Fresh products may be more difficult to come.

Although workers of vegetable and fruit farms have many possibilities of social distance from each other during harvests in the fields, packaging plants where workers work closely close to landing the same risks as those. Plants based on meat.

Carrots, tomatoes and apples are particularly dangerous to become rare or increase prices. A 53-year-old worker in Grimmway Farms, the largest producer of carrots in the world, died of COVID-19 in late April. The company based in Bakersfield, California, refused to reveal how many workers have tested positive for the virus, butSome employees noted It is impossible to keep a distance of six feet from each other as advised of their employer.

In California, agricultural workers in particular are infected at increasing rates. The County of Monterey, often called "global salad", reported 247 new cases of coronavirus among agricultural workers since June 5, or 39% of the total number of county cases. The number of cases also increases in Florida Necklace County, home to several tomato producers.

The Trump administration noted last month, they can extend the executive order in order to maintain the packaging facilities of open foods from meat-based plants to fruit and vegetable packaging to prevent a disruption of The food supply chain.