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<p>Public Health England (PHE) local health protection teams respond to notifications
of suspected outbreaks in meat processing plants (including abattoirs) by undertaking
a risk assessment, providing public health advice, including on infection prevention
and control and social distancing measures, and advising on the testing of employees.
In doing so, an assessment is made as to whether transmission may be occurring in
or outside the workplace.</p><p>An enhanced outbreak investigation protocol has been
developed which will allow PHE to further understand the factors relating to infection
transmission in meat-related food production and abattoir settings to ascertain potential
routes of transmission: within the workplace through a more detailed understanding
of the workforce, the working environment and working practices; staff and environmental
biological sampling; factors outside the workplace, such as transport arrangements,
housing, employment conditions.</p><p> </p>
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