Prevention and control of Covid-19 in the meat industry

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy have published the document titled Guide for the prevention and control of Covid-19 in the meat industry.

This work guide includes some measures that can be adopted in meat industries to prevent contagion by SARS-CoV-2 given that in this sector certain working conditions can favor the transmission of the virus such as low temperatures, the fact that they may be, in some cases, noisy places causing workers to raise their voices to communicate with each other or the possible interactions of workers outside of working hours due to living in common accommodation. or move in groups to the work center.

In these workplaces, like the rest of the food industries, high cleaning and disinfection requirements must be met that allow, among other measures, to guarantee the safety of food and employees. For all of the above, the adoption of specific measures must be promoted in all these areas to prevent the spread of the virus in this group and to achieve this objective it is essential that the company carries out awareness-raising and even educational work to make workers aware of the importance of maintaining safe behaviors and communicating, as soon as possible, to the health service of the occupational risk prevention service any symptoms of Covid-19.

Return to work safely

At Fraternidad Muprespa we work with the objective of reducing accidents and disseminating an adequate preventive culture, which is why we make it available to you on our portal Previene numerous informative material such as our Good practices manuals with which we aim to offer an overview of the risks that may exist in the work environment, giving recommendations on preventive measures that can be applied to reduce risks and encourage behaviors insurance.