Here is some guidance for you as the country shuts down in compliance with efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The national, state and local governments are shutting down businesses.
COFFEE HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A “CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the US Homeland Security Department under the Homeland Security Act of 2002. And that our workers are working in an essential industry as we are an important component of the food supply chain.
This applies to Green handlers, and sellers, warehouses, roasters, Grab & Go retailers, foodservice operators, and support businesses such as those who service and maintain coffee equipment both in plants and in the field, and it means that if you have the ability to continue to operate your businesses.
The government is counting on you to continue to keep your business open, supplying coffee, and allied products and ingredients to the food industry in the United States.
Below are documents that may help you should authorities try to shut you down.
- Publish the applicable documents on your website
- Tack a copy of the documents on your front door.
- Have copies prepared and in file folders to hand to any authorities needing verification
- Give a set to every employee to help them get from home to work and back again without getting into trouble. You are welcome to use the attached WORK PASS if it suits you. Just change the identification to be yours.
Please circulate this information to every coffee company you can think of. It is vital that we work together to preserve and protect our community.
NCA Alert Document – COVID-19 Employee Pass – CISA GUIDANCE ON
ESSENTIAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS DURING COVID-19