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Public Citizen Claims USDA Blocked OSHA COVID Action At Meat Plants


February 9, 2021 at 05:39 PM
Public Citizen claims that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) blocked OSHA from investigating COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-packing plants during the early weeks of the pandemic, touting newly released documents it says show that USDA rejected the agency’s initial outreach and then kept OSHA in a “subservient” role.

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