An industry infected: animal agriculture in a post-COVID world
2020
39 p.
epidemic disease ; meat industry ; food contamination ; risk assessment ; occupational risks
Food and beverage industries
English
Bibliogr.;Ill.
"As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds globally, we are presented with a real-time case study into the vulnerability of animal agriculture systems to external shocks. It has reminded us of the vulnerability of human health to disease risks stemming from both wild and domestic animals, and has served as a warning of the role modern animal production systems can play in increasing zoonotic disease risk.
In this report, we have created a Pandemic Ranking, by adjusting our existing 2019 Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index to consider only those ESG risk factors relevant to this topic."
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