Germany’s meat industry, after a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 sickened hundreds at one of the country’s biggest slaughterhouses.Authorities in the western region of Guetersloh said Wednesday that at least 657 people at the Toennies Group plant in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck had tested positive for the virus. “It’s no coincidence that the Toennies slaughterhouse has become the next hotspot of coronavirus infections,” said Freddy Adjan, the deputy chairman of the NGG union that represents workers in the food and drinks industry.Adjan said workers employed by subcontractors face “catastrophic working and living conditions.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Following a series of earlier coronavirus clusters at.