19 March 2020
Fazer to lay off 400 employees in Finland due to Covid-19 outbreak
Finnish food company Fazer Group is planning to lay-off 400 employees at its Fazer Ravintolat Oy as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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24 February 2020
Coronavirus Covid-19: Italians crowd at supermarkets after outbreak
People were seen queuing up at supermarkets for food and supplies in northern parts of Italy after the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus.
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21 February 2020
Coronavirus Covid-19: Taiwan bans pork imports from Italy
The Taiwan Government has banned the import of live pigs and pork products from Italy after the Italian Government grounded all its flights to Taiwan in response to the Coronavirus...
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18 February 2020
Coronavirus covid-19: India enhances hygiene at fish and meat markets
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) aims to enhance hygiene and food safety at the meat and fish markets and slaughterhouses.
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14 February 2020
Coronavirus Covid-19: US chicken shipments redirected from China
The Chinese authorities are diverting ships transporting chicken products from the US to China to South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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10 February 2020
Coronavirus impacts pork supplies in China
The outbreak of coronavirus has severely impacted the pork supplies leading to a price hike in the Chinese market, according to a Chinese official.
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7 February 2020
Tyson Foods to lay off 500 jobs as part of restructure programme
US-based meat producer Tyson Foods is eliminating 500 jobs within the company as part of its plans to restructure its business.
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4 February 2020
Coronavirus: Poultry destroyed in Hubei due to transport restrictions
In China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, poultry farmers are reportedly destroying birds because of transport restrictions.
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3 February 2020
China culls thousands of chickens after H5N1 bird flu outbreak
The Chinese Government has ordered a cull of chickens in Shaoyang city after an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Hunan province.
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27 January 2020
Coronavirus: China temporarily bans trade of wild animals
The Government of China has temporarily imposed a ban on the trade of wild animals in the country, in an effort to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus.