Covid-19 pandemic and food: Present knowledge, risks, consumers fears and safety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is a pandemic disease that has paralyzed social life and the economy around the world since the end of 2019, and which has so far killed nearly 600,000 people. The rapidity of its spread and the lack of detailed research on the course and methods of transmission significantly impede both its eradication and prevention.

Scope and approach

Due to the high transmission rate and fatality resulting from COVID-19 disease, the paper focuses on analyzing the current state of knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 as well as its potential connection with food as a source of pathogen and infection.

Key findings and conclusions

There is currently no evidence (scientific publications, WHO, EFSA etc.) that COVID-19 disease can spread directly through food and the human dig

SUBMITTER: Duda-Chodak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7480472 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature