Costa Statement on President Trump's Meat Processing Executive Order

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Costa Statement on President Trump's Meat Processing Executive Order

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Agriculture on April 29, 2020. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California released the following statement following President Trump's executive order to keep meat processing plants open:

"In carrying out this executive order the Administration must ensure the health and safety of workers and provide all the resources necessary to do so. Our beef, pork, and poultry processing facilities are essential infrastructure and I have long said our food supply is a national security issue."

Source: House Committee on Agriculture

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