"Tomato virus outbreak leaves hundreds of migrant farm workers facing battle to 'make ends meet'", 27 September 2024

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Along with Gawler River Tomatoes and SA Tomatoes, Perfection Fresh was recently placed into quarantine by the South Australian government after ToBRFV was detected — with an order for the impacted growers to dump their tomato crops.

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... Perfection Fresh announced a "significant number" of jobs would go, after previously warning the SA government that biosecurity restrictions could result in the loss of up to 500 employees.

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Perfection Fresh's chief executive Michael Simonetta previously said the government's decision to shut down its operations was "entirely unnecessary" because the virus had been contained.

"With no timeline for when the lockdown might be lifted, we have no choice but to stand down workers, some of whom have been with us for many years," Mr Simonetta said in a statement.

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