While we hear reassurance from food safety bodies such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that “there is currently no evidence that food is a likely source or route of transmission of COVID-19,” we are all still, surely, feeling a little uncertain. Is our food truly safe? What impact will this unprecedented pandemic have on the food and beverage industry further down the line?
EFSA’s Chief Scientist, Marta Hugas, said that “experiences from previous outbreaks of related coronaviruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), show that transmission through food consumption did not occur” and that we – industry and consumer alike – can be confident that this translates to COVID-19.
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