INTRODUCTION

In our title research, you can read what food supply is in a pandemic and how it solves the Public Market
in the City of Malabon. How they also carry or cope with such a pandemic problem, as the COVID-19
disease spread. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rapidly spreading
disease a pandemic and called on countries to plan preparatory and response actions in line with the
Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan. Every industry in the world expects to see how the
COVID-19 outbreak will affect the manufacturing industry, and considerable attention has focused on
the resiliency of food supply chains in a time of crisis. Food supply chains have needed to adjust rapidly
to demand-side shocks, including panic buying and changes in food purchasing patterns. They plan for
any supply-side disruptions due to potential labor shortages and disruptions to transportation and
supply networks. However, the difference in the food industry from other industries is to produce
products that are essential for daily life. Everybody knows that if one factory closes, a certain number of
people who work at these factories have the potential to starve. Still, if processors and distributors are
infected, all people are at risk. In addition, the food industry is a significant sector regarding the
economy.

The central purpose of our thesis is to identify and discuss how they sustain the food supply in the city of
Malabon using the current drive to the public market. Where food is concerned, few shopping
experiences compare to wandering a well-stocked public market, in either the range of sensory
impressions or in the texture of human interaction. Since early March, the COVID-19 pandemic has
inflicted unprecedented travel and social distancing controls, with ongoing adverse economic
consequences. Public health emergency measures have disrupted both supply and demand sides of agri-
food systems worldwide. The buying and selling of food have been transacted in public marketplaces
open to all. In the broadest definition, a public market is any place where buyers and sellers of food
meet regularly for trade. The COVID-19 pandemic had struck when the agri-foods system faced a
healthy outlook, implying that the recurrence of a world food crisis is unlikely. As with Malabon City,
food production and food markets were classified as an essential sector or activity and were exempted
from the severest prohibitions. Food purchases and deliveries were allowed. However, the food supply
chain was not left unscathed by the containment measures. Food safety is still the primary concern, but
this should now encompass measures to stop the coronavirus. There is currently no evidence that the
virus has been placed to another via food or food packaging. Still, there is evidence that it can remain
viable on particular surfaces for a more extended period. Routine food handling procedures should be
sufficient to combat COVID-19, so long as social distancing and other measures are followed. Food
operatives also need to consider the importance of their product. Customers will be relying on their
output, and therefore any contingency plan must consider reducing services from critical vendors.
Sustainable food production is “a method of production using processes and systems that are non-
polluting, conserve non-renewable energy and natural resources, are economically efficient, are safe for
workers, communities, and consumers, and do not compromise the needs of future generations.

In the light of recent challenges in the food supply, there is now considerable concern about the food
supply sustainability. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to provide information about the effects of
the COVID-19 outbreak in the food supply chain and to summarize the measures taken to minimize
these effects. Formal and informal sources were used to obtain information about the food supply chain
during the COVID-19 outbreak.