C O V I D - 1 9 U P D AT E SOLUTION SEEKING Suppliers are delivering technology and services to address new needs created by the pandemic BY J E R RY K A RC ZE WS K I | m e a t p o u l t r y @ s o s l a n d.c o m F 18 MEAT+ POULTRY | 06.20 | www.meatpoultry.com 1) Social distancing: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that social distancing be achieved by separation of at least 6 feet, or by physical barriers, as in the use of face masks. Creating distance is a problem in many plants, so physical barriers have become an important means of separation. One further-processing plant reports: "We have been able to spread out a number of jobs, but in other areas we have had to install partitions." A general manager at a large US-based beef facility recently said that while they spread workers out where they could, that was not PSSI PSSI has been working with its customers to help develop sanitation programs to assist them during the coronavirus crisis. or meat packers, the landscape is shifting daily, as plants adjust processes to the risks of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Collaboration between meat plants and suppliers has enabled them to respond rapidly to meet the needs of protecting employees. While some large plants have shut down for as long as two weeks to make physical and process changes, others have done it over a long weekend. Still others have enacted mini-engineering miracles literally overnight. Across this range, several key approaches have emerged toward mitigating the spread of the virus in the workplace.http://www.meatpoultry.com