“We continued the protocols of social estating and masking as we were at the height of the pandemic. Half of a dozen of our harvest plants have been tested 100 percent [COVID-19],” Perdue said.
Based in Salisbury, Maryland, Perdue is the country’s fourth largest bird producer, with food processing plants in states such as Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Delaware, Tennessee and Virginia.
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Perdue says the company recently tested in North Carolina, a hot spot, and followed CDC guidelines.
“Our corporate doctor was telling us to monitor the rate of positivity in the network, and if that network is growing, then we want to pay attention. This network began to grow, so we verified all of our employees. We found that our network was below positive percentages in all those verification scenarios,” Perdue said. Our verification effects imply that this has a positive effect on reducing the infection rate. “
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In March, at the height of the pandemic, dozens of employees of Perdue Farms in Georgia gave up their jobs for considerations about office protection and payment after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, local media reported at the time. Perdue has intensified its fitness and protection protocols to include 24-hour sanitation, improve cleanliness, and inspire staff to use paid time off if they are in poor physical condition or have been exposed to the virus.
Perdue says the company paid bonuses to all of its hourly workers in March “when they needed it most,” and says hourly wages are higher by up to $ 1 based on the hour.
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Other meat processing plants like Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods closed many plants earlier this year when thousands of employees were inflamed by the coronavirus, leading to source chain disruptions and meat shortages in grocery stores. Meat costs also increased because of this.