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GovExec Daily: Coronavirus Fears and Meat Inspection
Katherine McIntire Peters and Eric Katz join the podcast to discuss how Food Safety Inspection Service employees voiced their concerns about the coronavirus at meat processing plants.
The meat inspection system has largely been moving forward in light of the coronavirus, but, federal food inspectors are concerned about the conditions at their workplaces and the safety of their colleagues. Some plants near hotspots have closed, protective equipment was not widespread and many food supply chain workers got sick.
Eric Katz and Katherine McIntire Peters joined the podcast to discuss how the interplay between private industry and the federal inspectors is playing out and what effect it will have on the food system and the employees.
