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German Meatpacking Plant Told To Shut After Coronavirus Outbreak

A German abattoir hit by a coronavirus outbreak has been ordered to close, authorities said, continuing COVID-19 difficulties in Germany's meatpacking...

German Sugar Maker Nordzucker Returns To Profit

Germany's second largest sugar refiner Nordzucker has returned to profit this financial year, helped by cost cutting and stable European sugar markets, it...

German Farmers Say Meatpackers Must Work Longer After Coronavirus Curbs

German meatpackers and slaughterhouses need to work longer hours to compensate for reduced processing capacity after the coronavirus crisis, a farming asso...

Amazon Reports Over 19,000, Or 1.44%, Of US Frontline Employees Had COVID-19

Amazon.com Inc has said that more than 19,000 of its US frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44% of the total, a disclosure sought...

China's Qingdao Finds Coronavirus On Seafood Importer's Goods

Health authorities in China's eastern city of Qingdao have found coronavirus contamination on some packages stored by a seafood importer after two of...

WITRON Customers Master Coronavirus Crisis

One virus, twelve weeks of 'peak season' in food retailing, seven days of work per week, three shifts per day, 20% more workload daily, up to 300% more wor...

Happy Drink In Sad Times: Champagne-Makers Gather Pandemic Harvest

Winemakers in France's Champagne region are this week gathering a bumper grape harvest, but there is a bitter aftertaste: the slump in demand for...

China Port Warns Public After Coronavirus Found In Brazilian Chicken Wings

A sample of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen from Brazil has tested positive for coronavirus, the city government h...