Corby Kummer: Michigan Requires Routine COVID-19 Testing For Meatpacking Plants
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- WGBH Educational Foundation
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- Fri 14 Aug 2020
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- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_154_4c71a60e-9bb9-45ec-9eb7-556bdae3cbae&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F154%2Ffeed-rss.xml
As of last week, all food processor employees in Michigan must now be routinely tested for COVID-19, making it the first state in the nation with this requirement. Food writer Corby Kummer told Boston Public Radio on Friday that "this is a piece of good news" in the meatpacking industry, which has so far been "callous and cruel to its workers, not caring if they live or die."
Kummer is a senior editor at The Atlantic, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy.
