CDC Gives Meat and Poultry Workers High Priority for COVID-19 Vaccination

Following letters and appeals from the Meat Institute and other food industry groups, the CDC moves food industry workers closer to the top of the list.

Morgan Smith

Dec 22, 2020

According to federal guidance approved by the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Priority, frontline meat and poultry workers should be among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, following inoculations of healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents and staff.

Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts is urging state governments to follow the decision.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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