While it is beyond doubt that SARS-CoV2 is not a foodborne pathogen, what can we learn from the measures that were put in place to control COVID-19 that also had a positive impact on food safety?
While political and economic reverberations of the pandemic will rattle the globe for decades to come, how successfully humanity comes out of this pandemic will affect not just health of populations and economies.
With all eyes on the new administration’s priorities, and likely investments into combatting COVID-19 and the climate crisis, what science and technology trends that affect fresh produce will come to the forefront?
Any program that aims to address hunger must primarily focus on addressing nutritional insecurity and supply fruits and vegetables to those in need. This message was at heart of a challenge issued by PMA’s Cathy Burns.
