Food Safety for SMEs: Impact of Covid-19 on the Food Chain

06/25/20 • 31 min

This is the safe food Food Safety for SMEs podcast series presented by Dr Linda Gordon, safe food’s chief specialist in food science, which looks at the factors that shape the food industry on the Island of Ireland. In this episode, we chat to Jim Power, Chief Economist for Aviva Ireland, about the potential impact of Covid-19 on the food industry in Ireland. This will be of particular interest to food businesses who are restructuring their business right now in response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

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