SNA: "We are making our maximum efforts to guarantee the food supply"
Regarding the first night of curfew, the president of the union, Ricardo Ariztía, explained that “we make a positive evaluation, since most of the transporters in the sector did not present problems with the safe conducts and managed to arrive at dawn to supply the different distribution centers and markets ”.
A clear message was sent by the president of the National Society of Agriculture, Ricardo Ariztía, on the actions of the sector before Covid-19. “We are making our utmost efforts to guarantee the food supply. For this reason, we thank all the workers who are contributing to the food process and allow the activity to continue despite the health emergency that the country is going through, ”he said.
In this line, he specified that, in order for the food supply chain - defined as “critical infrastructure” - to continue to function, all the hygiene and care standards for workers who harvest, clean, pack and process products are being strictly complied with. send them to the consumption centers.
“We have sent instructions to each of the companies so that the people who arrive at their jobs have hygiene and safety measures. Constant disinfections are being carried out, temperature controls at the entrances, the buses are transporting half of the workers in order to generate the necessary distances, so that our workers feel confident in their work, ”added Ariztía.
Regarding the first night of the curfew, the leader of the agricultural sector explained that “we make a positive evaluation, since most of the transporters in the sector did not present problems with the safe conducts and managed to arrive at dawn to supply the different distribution centers and markets. We are coordinated with the authority and tonight we will continue with a white march, which will allow us to know the system, understand and resolve any problems that may arise. "
The union's call is for agri-food companies, forestry and agricultural producers, farms and tasks in which critical processes are being carried out (sowing, harvesting, processing and distribution) to enter the comisariavirtual.cl portal to have the necessary documentation in touch curfew. The same recommendation was made to those who carry out fishing and processing of fish and shellfish, production of food for animals, birds and fish farming, remembering in turn that, in the case of food transport, the duly prepared dispatch guide serves as safe-conduct , as reported by the authority.
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