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>How much food rotted at the Texas border after Governor Abbott's PR stunt held it up? Estimated to be over $4Billion. https://medium.com/the-haven/texas-gov-a

>How much food rotted at the Texas border after Governor Abbott's PR stunt held it up? Estimated to be over $4Billion. https://medium.com/the-haven/texas-gov-abbotts-racist-border-stunt-causes-240-million-in-produce-to-rot-7916af25a7b0 https://medium.com/the-haven/texas-gov-abbotts-racist-border... This article says $240 million and he reversed the policy? So it's not an ongoing issue? Also if food is 'rotting' because he is sitting in a truck for perhaps a day longer? Perhaps it was rotting before?

germinalphrase 5y ago
What I’ve read is: Refrigerated trucks only have so much fuel to maintain the coolers. Typically, this is enough fuel for a standard haul, but forcing the trucks to stand motionless in the heat leads to the coolers running out of fuel and the food spoiling in the heat. Keep in mind that food safety regulations has specific guidelines for time/temp that may not align with a common expectation for “spoiled”.