Pandemic Heightened Concerns on Food Industry Injuries

Research released last month shows that food industry worker injury and fatality rates increased at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering regulators to focus on historical problems in food production safety. While pandemic-related pressures on food manufacturing and distribution caused injury rates and fatalities to rise, problems existed before COVID-19 hit, the authors of the six-year study said.  The study, which was partly funded by the Nationwide Insurance Endowment for Safety & Health and compiled by Penn State University and University of Florida professors, look...