Coronavirus: food-related outbreaks raise flags about supply security

Beijing’s latest coronavirus outbreak shows the threat the pathogen poses to food supply after it forced the closure of the city’s largest wholesale market for meat, fish, fruit and vegetables.The incident at Xinfadi, which provides Beijing’s 20 million-plus people with more than 80 per cent of their farm produce, serving thousands of customers a day, is one of several to hit food supply chains around the world. It also drew comparisons with the initial outbreak, which began at a food market in…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3089955/coronavirus-food-related-outbreaks-raise-flags-about-supply-security