Meat shortages could last another month, says president of local meat packing company

The food supply chain could return back to normal in the next month, said the president of a Baltimore County meat packing company.

COUNTY SAYS THE IMPACT OF THECOVI━19 OUTBREAK IS UNLIKEANYTHING HE'S EVER SEEN, BUTHE'S STILL HOPEFUL THEINDUSTRY COULD RECOVER SOON.DURING THIS PANDEMIC, PLANTSACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEENFORCED TO CLOSE... LEADING TOMEAT SHORTAGES.

WMA━2 NEWSRAY STRICKLAND EXPLAINS WHATCOULD TURN THINGS AROUND.9:05:12“I” Thecoronavirus pandemic iscrippling meat packing and foodprocessing plants across thecountry.

Thousands of workershave tested positive for thevirus, including hundreds ofpoultry workers here inmaryland Major meat producerssuch as Tyson Foods WEREforced to close plants.grinding meat production inthe U.S to nearly a halt.9:05:09“Itabsurd right now” JasonTrippett is the president ofJW Treuth and Sons A meatpacking company in Baltimorecounty.

It has nearly 50employees and processess morethan 100 cattle a day.

9:06 26“the food supply chain wassetup to feed millions.

Wedonthat much meat for millionsand millions of people in theunited states” Trippett saysthe country is facing anunprecedented meat shortage.where ther━30 percentless meat on the market.9:05:39“these are things thatnone of us have ever seen noneof us have thought we wouldever see and honestly its veryscary." As a result, Trippetsays shoppers nationwide,including in the baltimorearea are seeing meat missingfrom the aisles at grocerystores and pricesskyrocketing.

But it's createdbig business for butcher shopslike his.

9:13:06“Most of thepeople are coming in arelooking down the line for thenext two to three weeks maybemonth saying we want to makesure we have food for ourfamilies” Trippett saysplants across the country arebeginning to open back upproviding a glimmer of hopethe food supply chain willreturn to normal“If we werebetting on this we wouldprobably say in the next twoweeks to a month you would seethe prices come back aroundand the products come backinto the grocery stores” Inbaltimore countyRay StricklandWMA━2NEwsTOMORROW━ THE BABYLON