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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- EO 13917 sec. 2(b)-(c)
- Issued
- 2020-05-05 May 5, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-05
- End
- Letters; expectations stated for plants closed or reducing operations to submit reopening plans and operate under the CDC/OSHA joint guidance (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- May 5, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesSupply chain
- Addressees
- meat and poultry processors
- governors
- Functions reached
- PK processing plants
- WF workforce
- SC supply chain
- CB State plant orders
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS
Enforcement
DPA section 103, 50 U.S.C. 4513, through EO 13917
Notes
The letters directed processors that had closed or reduced operations to resume under the CDC/OSHA joint guidance and asked governors to align State and local orders with EO 13917.
Retrieval noteExistence, date and title confirmed from USDA's own coronavirus page as captured May 7, 2020 (listing 'Secretary Perdue Issues Letters on Meat Packing Expectations', /media/press-releases/2020/05/06/...). The live page returns 403 and the Wayback capture could not be rendered during this session. The letter text was not read; drafters should cite the release by title and date only until the text is retrieved.