Long-haul food could deliver a national crisis

By Royce Millar and Melissa Fyfe, the Age
Updated December 23 2015 - 4:27pm, first published June 4 2012 - 9:17am
Woolworths Mulgrave distribution centre. Photo: Craig Abraham
Woolworths Mulgrave distribution centre. Photo: Craig Abraham

AUSTRALIANS' growing reliance on food transported long distances on drum-tight distribution schedules has heightened the risk of food shortages in the event of crises such as floods, bushfires and pandemics, a federal government study has found.

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