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- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Guidance; incorporated by reference in EO 13917 secs. 1 and 2(b) as the standard of operation for meat and poultry processors
- Issued
- 2020-04-26 Apr. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-26 (capture of May 2, 2020); updated May 12 and July 9, 2020 (Ex. SEC-20-028) (read as 2020-04-26)
- End
- superseded 2021-2022 by CDC workplace guidance (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 26, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- meat and poultry processing facilities
- Functions reached
- PK line spacing, barriers, staggered shifts, cohorting, screening
- WF transport and housing practices
- HR screening and return-to-work
- Collection
- Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20
Operative words
meat and poultry processing workers often work close to one another on processing lines... often have prolonged closeness to coworkers (e.g., for 10-12 hours per shift)... A common practice at some workplaces of sharing transportation such as ride-share vans or shuttle vehicles, car-pools, and public transportation
Enforcement
Through EO 13917 (USDA DPA authority) and OSHA general duty clause citations (Exs. SEC-20-022)
Notes
The operative content EO 13917 made the condition of continued operation.
Retrieval noteGuidance, cited as the standard EO 13917 incorporated, never as an order in itself.