Every food and beverage manufacturing operation now has important information about its strengths and weaknesses in a crisis.

Has your company’s emergency preparedness plan helped reduce some damage to your business while your operation and your people weather the COVID-19 outbreak? Experts who work with food processors to prepare for disasters or disruptions say the businesses typically have strong plans in writing for how to react to everything from wildfires and hurricanes to plant fires and worker deaths. Now health scares have new prominence in that planning, which is going through the ultimate test.