H-E-B once again tightens meat restrictions for Austin shoppers

After weeks of tightening and then loosening meat restrictions, H-E-B is once again placing strict limits on the number of beef, poultry, and pork products customers can buy. The global pandemic has created COVID-19 hot spots in slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, exposing what an April 18 New York Times report called “the food chain’s weakest link.” It also revealed that despite Americans’ near insatiable appetite for meat, there are only about 800 meat processing…