Meat and poultry industry groups applaud Trump for keeping processing plants open

The meat and poultry industry praised President Trump on Tuesday evening after he signed an executive order using the Defense Production Act (DPA) to order food processing plants to stay open.The National Chicken Council (NCC), which represents about 95 percent of the chicken produced in the U.S., including Tyson Foods, Perdue and Sanderson Farms, said the industry was “grateful” for Trump for making the decision.”While doing everything we can…