‘Protest and voting go together’ (Washington Post): In an op-ed, Rep. Antonio Delgado of New York, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, said, “Protest and voting go together: The twin pillars of our democracy are freedom to speak our minds and one-person, one-vote.”
First dog with coronavirus (USDA): A pet German shepherd dog in New York State is the first dog in the country diagnosed with the coronavirus; the virus also has been found in two pet cats, also from New York State, and a tiger at the Bronx zoo.
More Food Box inconsistencies (The Counter): Dozens of contractors in the Farmers to Families Food Box program lack the USDA license required to operate a produce business and two companies are run by men despite being listed by USDA as owned by women, according to a review of contracts.
Brazil meat plants and coronavirus (Reuters): A quarter of the coronavirus cases in Rio Grande do Sul, the fifth-most populous state in Brazil, are among meat plant workers, further evidence that meatpacking plants are hot spots for the pandemic virus.
Storm Lake pork plant reopens (Tyson Foods): Limited production will begin on Wednesday at the Tyson Foods pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa, which was closed temporarily for sanitizing and where 591 workers tested positive for the coronavirus.
Hand sanitizer guidelines updated (FDA): In response to queries from corn ethanol producers who are looking for a new market, the FDA updated its guidelines on tolerance levels for impurities in alcohol-based hand sanitizers; a trade group said the new interim limits are “overly restrictive.”