FOSTER FARMS STATEMENT REGARDING COVID-19 KELSO, WASHINGTON PLANT TESTING RESULTS Ira Brill, Vice President of Communications April 30, 2020 Foster Farms joins our nation in responding to the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus, which has touched the very fabric of American life. As an essential business, Foster Farms is committed to ensuring the continued health and well-being of our employees, consumers, suppliers and communities as we work to ensure the availability of food on our nation’s shelves. Between April 22 and April 27 Foster Farms in working together with the Cowlitz County Health Department and Incident Management Team conducted two rounds of COVID-19 testing at its Kelso, Washington facility. The testing encompassed a total of 198 employees, representing approximately 30% of the total workforce. All of those tested were asymptomatic – that is they were not exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. The testing of asymptotic workers was the first of its kind undertaken in Cowlitz County – all previous County testing involved individuals that had exhibited symptoms of the disease. The testing was undertaken, in the interest of better understanding the prevalence of COVID-19 at the Kelso plant from the broadest perspective, as a first step to ensuring against potential spread of the virus in the greater community. As of April 30, 2020, of the 198 employees tested, 11 were positive, a positive rate of 5%. On the basis of the results, the Cowlitz Public Health Department and Incident Management Team, in consultation with Foster Farms agreed to continue to monitor plant workforce health but that additional testing was not required, because the overall number of positives were relatively low, and there was no indication that the Kelso plant was a source for the virus spreading. David Acheson, a former FDA Chief Medical Officer and a member of Foster Farms’ Food Safety Advisory Board commented, “The extent of the Foster Farms testing gives a clearer view of what is happening in the plant. The prevalence level of 5% is in line with what has been observed in other parts of the country where surveillance of COVID-19 prevalence has been looked at. These results indicate that the controls in the plant are working and there is no indication that results from plant testing indicate a greater risk to the community.” Ira Brill, Foster Farms VP Communications added, “We fully understand that there would be concerns in the media and the greater Cowlitz County Community about the Kelso plant. Foster Farms has fully cooperated with Cowlitz County Public Health and the Incident Management Team, and thanks them for their professionalism. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic will not deter us from the essential need to bring food to millions of Pacific Northwest families, and we will use the results of recent testing to inform our strategies for operating the Kelso plant in a way that continues to ensure the safety of our employees and the Cowlitz County Community.” Foster Farms is following the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) guidance, in consultation with local public health authorities. The company has in place the following employee protective measures throughout its operations: • Rigorous sanitation and personal hygiene measures that are the core of our Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as well as our Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans. As part of standard operating practices, plant sanitation is approved by USDA daily. • Temperature-based Wellness Checks at each company facility - monitoring employees for fever and other symptoms of COVID-19 - to reduce the possibility of an infected individual entering our plants and offices. • Company-supplied face coverings for our workers. We require employees to wear face coverings while working at the facility. • Has completed installation of table dividers to maintain social distance in break areas and is continuing to install workspace dividers within the Kelso plant where social distancing is otherwise not possible. Foster Farms has also established spacing intervals to ensure social distancing as employees enter. • Implemented additional sanitizer stations throughout our facilities, limited travel and implemented screening of all outside visitors. • Added more break area space to the facilities to permit greater social distancing. • Increased the cleaning frequency of breakrooms and other high-touch surfaces. We are actively providing our employees guidance should they experience symptoms of COVID-19 or come into contact with someone who has confirmed positive for COVID-19. • Any Foster Farms employee who is sick and showing symptoms of COVID-19 at home has been advised to self-quarantine and seek medical attention. • • • Any Foster Farms employee who develops symptoms of COVID-19 while at work will be sent home and advised to self-quarantine and seek medical attention. In the case of a confirmed COVID-19 positive employee in Kelso, Foster Farms will immediately determine those employees who have had close contact with the diagnosed individual. Employees age 65 and older, or those with underlying health conditions, have been advised that they may be at higher risk for COVID-19, as per the CDC. Foster Farms strongly recommends these employees consider remaining home from work. HR managers will meet with employee to address additional concerns. It is important to note that the CDC, FDA, USDA and the World Health Organization all say that food and food packaging are not known to be a route of transmission of COVID-19. Foster Farms has maintained an active communications program to keep employees informed of COVID-19 developments and the precautions the company is taking. We are committed to getting through this together.