News: ING Inghams Group Updates On Stage 4 Lockdown Measures In Victoria, page-2

This is part of an article online at 'The Australian' tonight:

'...The inflow of migrant workers has slowed, affecting staffing levels at abattoirs, while some plants have been forced to shut their doors, including JBS in Brooklyn. Victoria also employs about one-quarter of Australia’s red meat and livestock workforce, says Meat and Livestock Australia.Meat processors contacted by The Australian said they were still waiting further clarification about the restrictions.

Jim Leighton, chief executive of listed poultry processor Ingham’s, said while the company was yet to receive a formal directive from the Andrews government, the new measures would hit its facilities at Somerville in Melbourne’s southeast and Thomastown in the city’s north.“The measures announced in Victoria will require our team to manage more complexity,” he said. “We are unwavering in our objectives of ensuring the health and safety of our people, preventing the spread of COVID-19 in our facilities and in Victoria, ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare, and servicing customers and consumers in Australia and New Zealand...'