The move comes amid increased enforcement against businesses failing to comply with coronavirus rules.
Advocates and people who have worked at Los Angeles Apparel have claimed the company did not consistently inform its workers about coronavirus cases, creating a climate of fear.Brian Dick, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Golden State Foods, said the company was unaware of the county’s requirement that outbreaks of three or more cases must be reported until county public health officials did a routine inspection of the plant on Friday.
The 450 workers at the facility — who make sauces, dressings, syrups, condiments and toppings for major fast-food restaurants including McDonald’s — are required to wear protective masks, have their temperature checked and answer a questionnaire about any possible contact they’ve had with the virus before entering, among other precautions. Workers in the factory are not required to be within six feet of each other, with many of them operating robots as opposed to working side-by-side, Dick said.
Employees receive sick leave and paid time off are encouraged to notify the company if they’ve been in contact with someone with the virus, he said. “Golden State Foods is not the kind of company that would think any less of anybody who is either staying home because they’re sick, because there’s a family member who’s been sick, or just as a precautionary measure,” Dick said.AdvertisementThe company’s parent, CTI Foods, says it specializes in “custom processing of value-added protein products” including taco meat and pizza toppings.Times staff writers Colleen Shalby and Soumya Karlamangla contributed to this report.
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