Major fruit and vegetable grower Perfection Fresh says it will cut a "significant" number of jobs, due to the impact of a virus that has been detected in its tomato plants.
The company is one of three businesses hit by tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) that has been placed into quarantine by the South Australian government, along with Gawler River Tomato and SA Tomatoes.
Production Fresh has previously warned that South Australian government biosecurity restrictions could result in the loss of up to 500 employees.
South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas said the government had to take action because the virus reduces a tomato plant's productivity by up to 75 percent.
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