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December 11, 2020
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Did You Know?

OSHA has resources to help protect workers in the food processing industry from exposure to the coronavirus.

OSHA has resources to protect workers in the food processing industry.


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OSHA COVID-19 Resources for the Food Processing Industries

Posters

  • Steps to Protect Cleaning Staff During COVID-19 (Spanish).
  • Steps to Reducing Worker Exposure to COVID-19 in Fish and Seafood Processing and Packaging Facilities.
  • 9 Steps to Reducing Worker Exposure to COVID-19 in Meat, Poultry, and Pork Processing and Packaging Facilities.

Videos

  • Assembly Lines. (Spanish).

Other Guidance

  • Joint OSHA-FDA guidance: Employee Health and Food Safety Checklist for Human and Animal Food Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Joint OSHA-CDC guidance, developed in consultation with FDA: Seafood Processing Workers and Employers.
  • Joint OSHA-CDC guidance: Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers (Spanish).
  • COVID-19 Guidance on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings while Working Indoors in Hot and Humid Conditions.
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