Oregon Rejects Clatsop County’s Call For Mandatory Coronavirus Testing of Seafood Workers

Responding to concerns from Clatsop County, the Oregon Health Authority said the state will not recommend mandatory coronavirus testing for essential workers at seafood plants and other food processors.

Crew Worries After American Seafoods Opts Against More COVID-19 Screening for Fishing Vessel

Seattle-based American Seafoods will forgo additional COVID-19 screening of the Ocean Rover factory trawler, a move that has some crew worried and wanting more assurances the disease has not found its way onto the Alaska-bound vessel.

Zeppole Bakery Regains Stride After Coronavirus Shutdown

Zeppole Baking Co. has been a Treasure Valley fixture for 26 years. You can still find their sourdough rounds, dinner rolls, banana bread, and more in local grocery stores and restaurants.

Coronavirus Spreads Among Fruit and Vegetable Packers, Worrying U.S. Officials

June 12, 2020 Reuters

From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as “the world’s salad bowl,” outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants.

The Meat Industry Could Face Losses of $ 20B in 2020

June 11, 2020 Tala Hadavi, CNBC

The coronavirus pandemic has been especially crushing for the meat supply chain. The industry could face losses of more than $ 20 billion in 2020.