Monday, April 06, 2020

Tyson Foods deploys walk-through temperature scanners at three US sites that help feed millions

Tyson Foods is using walk-through infrared body temperature scanners at three processing plants in an effort to keep coronavirus out of its sites and maintain the stability of U.S. food supply.
The scanners can check employees’ temperature as they walk into the building.
Tyson gave CNBC an exclusive first look at video of how the walk-through scanners work.
“Every person that needs to enter our facility, team member, visitor, anyone has their temperature taken before they enter the facility,” Tyson’s senior vice president of health and safety Tom Brower told CNBC.
“One beef facility in Nebraska produces enough food every day to feed 18 million people. We have a vital role to continue to feed the nation. We are doing everything we can to keep employees safe.”
Brower said the scanners allow for mass screening and are faster and more accurate than handheld devices. “People can just naturally enter the workforce and it’s scanning them for their temperature,” he said...MORE

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