o:410 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food supply chain: An overview en Since 2020, the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused the global pandemic COVID-19, generating health, economic and social impacts. The rapid spread of the infection in the human population required an accelerated adaptation to the new circumstances to protect human health and mitigate financial losses. As the ongoing pandemic has caused reported cases in the multi-millions, all stakeholders need to prevent further outbreaks and mitigate associated risks. Hence, besides government, health care systems, business stakeholders, public authorities, non-governmental organizations, and other socially responsible associations, the food sector has a crucial role in combating COVID-19. The food sector in this context is referred to as every actor in the food supply chain. This paper explores the difficulties in the entire food supply chain’s reactions to the pandemic crisis and underlines the meat sector’s response. 1552099 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012007 2022-06-07T09:09:30.814Z 44 yes 46 Tatjana Baltić Institute of meat Hygiene and technology 0000-0002-0496-3133 Sara Rajić Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology person 0000-0002-8280-5149 Ivana Branković-Lazić Institute of meat hygiene and technology person 0009-0005-5844-9278 Vesna Đorđević Institute of meat hygiene and technology person 0009-0008-5187-4089 Branko Velebit Instiute of meat hygiene and technology person 0000-0002-7577-8074 Tamara Gerić person 0000-0002-9303-5231 application/pdf 660637 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:410 no yes 16 70 92000004 71A01 IOP Conf. Series: earth and environmental science 854 IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science IOP Publishing 2022