Effects of the global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic were dramatically evident in early March when New Hope Network postponed the annual Natural Products Expo West exhibition in Anaheim. The move immediately impacted an estimated 90,000 attendees and 3,600 exhibitors.
There have been more visual ripples this week with COVID-19 outbreaks nationwide across the United States. For food and beverage manufacturers, concerns now involve every aspect of day-to-day office management and operations as well as material supply chains.