New Trucking Vaccine Mandate Is Likely To Make Fruit And Vegetables More Expensive

Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Vaccine mandates for truckers that haul goods over the US-Canada border could cause price hikes. The CEO of Canadawide Fruits told Bloomberg the cost of transporting produce climbed 25% last week. Canada imposed the mandate on Saturday and the US will require vaccine passports on January 22. New vaccine mandates for truck drivers are likely to increase the cost of produce.The cost of transporting fruit from California and Arizona to Canada climbed 25% last week, the CEO of Canadawide Fruits, George Pitsikoulis, told Bloomberg on Monday. The Montreal-based executive pointed to a lack of truck drivers who are able to cross the border between the US and Canada due to a vaccine mandate that cuts US trucking capacity in half, according to data from the American Trucking Association.

 

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