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Executive Order 2020-17

Regulatory flexibility for pork producers after the temporary closure of a Minnehaha County processing plant

Governor Kristi Noem · South Dakota (State)

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Jurisdiction
South Dakota
Level
State
Authority
SDCL 34-48A
Issued
2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-04-20
End
Terminated 2020-12-18 by EO 2020-34 § 5(a) (read as 2020-12-18)
In force
Apr. 20, 2020 to Dec. 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Supply chain
Addressees
  • Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • county commissions
  • pork producers
Functions reached
  • PK processing plant closed
  • MK producers' market disrupted
  • SC supply chain
Collection
South Dakota SD

Operative words

A regional pork processor announced a temporary closure of a processing plant in Minnehaha County, South Dakota due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and, Whereas, The Secretary of the Department of Health declared a public health emergency to exist in Minnehaha County, South Dakota on April 10, 2020; and, Whereas, More than 500 independent pork producers supply hogs to the plant for processing... With the plant's temporary closure, the pork industry market is disrupted... I temporarily suspend the authority granted to the board of county commissioners in SDCL 11-2-25 from being used to enforce violations of the overstocking of pork operations

Enforcement

Suspension order

Notes

Gubernatorial recital of the Smithfield Foods Sioux Falls closure and of the Secretary of Health's Minnehaha County public health emergency order (Order 2020-01, Apr. 10, 2020)

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