Processing industry turns to technology to contain COVID-19

As communities and businesses across Canada face swelling COVID numbers, stakeholders in Canada’s beef industry are trying to help processors ride the second wave.

Keeping employees healthy and containing outbreaks has been top-of-mind for processors across North America since COVID broke last spring. It’s become de rigueur to screen plant employees for symptoms each day, but using that information to spot trends is another issue. Both TrustBix and Canada Beef have worked with software developers so that employees can complete online health assessments at home, alerting plant management of potential cases and emerging outbreaks. Read the rest of the article here.