Outbreak of meat processing plant, virus can survive for 2 to 3 months

Low-temperature closed environment, negligent protective measures, a number of european and American meat processing enterprises recently concentrated on the outbreak of the new crown, the world meat processing and trade industry is being severely hitChina's General Administration of Customs suspended the export of its products to China on the 21st after a gathering of employees at a poultry meat factory in Tyson, a U.Spoultry slaughtering company, infected with the new crown virusoutbreak of Anglo-German meat joint plant"German meat crisis!" Germany's largest meat production company Tunis Group cluster infection continued to ferment, 17 pm Tonice suddenly broke out 657 employees infected with the new crown virus, as of the evening of the 20th, a total of 1029 employees were diagnosedTunis Group currently employs 16,500 people, is the world's second largest, Germany's largest meat joint group, is also the most modern meat processing enterprises in Europe, the world has 18 branches, in Germany meat market share of more than 20%, the core business includes pigs, cattle and other livestock slaughter, division, finishing and so ona similar situation is seen in meat processors in the UKThe Guardian reported on Thursday that three major food factories in England and Wales had closed after about 250 workers tested positive for the coronavirus, and the Unite union said five other factories in the UK were also affected by a suspicious outbreakReported that a west Yorkshire meat processing plant Kober is the third outbreak in the UK in 48 hours food processing plant, the plant about 150 workers infectedThe Kober plant supplies bacon mainly to supermarkets and employs more than 500 peopleThe plant is now closed and employees have been tested and tracked since the 22ndTwo Sisters Foods, the UK's largest poultry producer, said on Wednesday that 58 employees had tested positive for the virus and would close its Anglo-Welsh plant in Wales for 14 daysIn addition, 38 employees of Rowan Foods, which produces food mainly for UK supermarkets, have tested positiveIn the United States, as many as 25,000 meat and poultry workers have been infected with the new coronavirus, and at least 91 people have diedemployees are in a high-risk environmentthe German company Tunis, said the cluster infection and Romania, Bulgaria and other Eastern European foreign workers at the end of May long weekend home for the holidayThey brought the virus back to Germany in their hometown But experts believe that the company's failure to comply with health and distance regulations is the main cause of the spread of the epidemic Not only do these workers work together, but they also live together in small dormitories of about 10 people three workers died of the new crown virus last month after a small outbreak at a meat processing plant in South Yorkshire, England Family members of one of the victims accused the factory owner, Cranswick Convenience Foods, of inadequate protection of workers, lack of protective equipment, inadequate isolation policies and statutory sick pay The Unite union said there were "significant issues" in the health and safety of meat processing workers and urged employers to take appropriate distance dredging measures and provide appropriate protective equipment "to prevent further spikes in confirmed cases in the industry." the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says working conditions and long hours in confined spaces, usually 10 to 12 hours a shift, mean that meat factories are more likely to spread the coronavirus from person to person Unions say many low-paid workers in factories are living in poor conditions and spend a lot of time in public places such as changing rooms and shuttle buses A recent analysis by the Guardian found that almost half of all new crown sites in the US are linked to meat factories, and the public is calling for urgent reform of industries plagued by health and safety issues severely control the outbreak of virus-contaminated meat products meat joint plants, which will lead to a shortage of meat in Europe In May, several other meat joint plants in Germany also had outbreaks, resulting in 1,500 confirmed cases The ban on meat sales by troubled manufacturers in Germany and Europe has drawn criticism The Chinese market accounts for 30% of Tunis's exports, and China Customs has issued a notice to suspend the export of Products from Tunis and its division and refrigeration enterprises to China from June 17 Earlier, China's CDC chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou said that when collecting biological samples containing the virus, the samples are stored in a low-temperature environment, the lower the temperature, the longer the storage time If frozen food is contaminated, the virus can survive on the surface for two to three months Zastro, director of the Berlin Institute of Health, advises consumers to avoid direct skin contact with raw meat and to be careful to disinfect their opponents Since the high temperature in the pot can inactivate the virus, it is not dangerous to eat cooked meat "Relatively speaking, China's meat processing enterprises are doing a better job of re-engineering and outbreak prevention and control." He Qiguo, former head of the Department of Food Nutrition and Safety at the Agricultural University of China, said that Chinese food enterprises in the resumption of production and recovery work time to staff on time to measure body temperature, wearing masks throughout the process and other epidemic prevention and control measures are quite strict, and effectively safe and controllable Source: Global Times