Should abattoirs be automated to protect food security in pandemics? – ABC News

With Victoria’s meat processing businesses linked to hundreds of cases of coronavirus in the state, is it time to rethink the industry’s reliance on human labour?
Key points:

• A university professor says automated farming systems could help guarantee food supply in another pandemic
• Robotic abattoirs would reduce the risk of transmission of pathogens among workers and to food
• The meat processing industry says it is already working towards automation, but it should not cos…

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