Meatpacking Plants Should Reopen Within 10 Days, USDA Says
- Trump says ample meat supply in U.S., will be in ‘great shape’
- President directed meat plants to remain open amid outbreak
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expects U.S. meatpacking plants to fully resume operations within a week to 10 days, during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds.
Trump said the U.S. has “plenty of supply” of meat. “Within a week and a half, we’ll be in great shape. Maybe sooner,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office.