Supermarket meat counters are being cleaned out by nervous shoppers.
But in the United States, the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today said retail sales of poultry products are up by only 7.3 per cent and deli meat sales by 4.8 per cent.
The Institute said members are responding to increased global demand for meat under difficult circumstances.
“As the coronavirus began to spread overseas, our members acted to protect their employees and develop contingency plans to ensure plants could still provide food for families around the world,” said Meat Institute President and chief executive officer Julie Anna Potts.
Two other products selling out in Ontario stores have been flour and eggs.
