ReviewJournal of food safety2021
A review of epidemic investigation on cold-chain food-mediated SARS-CoV-2 transmission and food safety consideration during COVID-19 pandemic.
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- SARS-CoV-2 Survival on Surfaces. Measurements Optimisation for an Enthalpy-Based Assessment of the Risk.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- High-Intensity Ultraviolet-C Irradiation Efficiently Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 Under Typical Cold Chain Temperature.Food and environmental virology · 2023Article
- Investigating the microbial inactivation effect of low temperature high pressure carbon dioxide and its application in frozen prawn (Food control · 2023Article
- Detection rates of norovirus gastroenteritis and factors associated with the infection before and during COVID-19 pandemic: a secondary analysis of surveillance data in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southern China.Infection ecology & epidemiology · 2023Article
- Consideration of COVID-19 beyond the human-centred approach of prevention and control: the ONE-HEALTH perspective.Emerging microbes & infections · 2022Review
- Effects of E-beam irradiation on the physicochemical properties of Atlantic cod (Food bioscience · 2022Article
- Point-of-care CRISPR/Cas biosensing technology: A promising tool for preventing the possible COVID-19 resurgence caused by contaminated cold-chain food and packaging.Food frontiers · 2022Article
- The Multifaceted Relationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Food System.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- A narrative review on the role of temperature and humidity in COVID-19: Transmission, persistence, and epidemiological evidence.Eco-Environment & Health · 2022Review
- The Safety of Cold-Chain Food in Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: Precaution and Quarantine.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Mass Spectrometry Approaches for SARS-CoV-2 Detection: Harnessing for Application in Food and Environmental Samples.Viruses · 2022Review
- Investigation of mouse hepatitis virus strain A59 inactivation under both ambient and cold environments reveals the mechanisms of infectivity reduction following UVC exposure.Journal of environmental chemical engineering · 2022Article
- The efficacy of different sanitizers against MS2 bacteriophage introduced onto plastic or stainless steel surfaces.Current research in food science · 2022Article
- A review of epidemic investigation on cold-chain food-mediated SARS-CoV-2 transmission and food safety consideration during COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of food safety · 2021Review
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
COVID-19 has brought speculations on potential transmission routes of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of the pandemic. It is reported that the main route of virus transmission to be person-to-person by respiratory droplets; however, people have raised concerns on the possible transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to humans via food and packaging and its potential effects on food safety. This review discusses food safety issues in the COVID-19 pandemic and reveals its possible transmission in cold-chain food. The first outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019 was associated with a seafood market in Wuhan, China, while the second outbreak of COVID-19 in June 2020 was also related to a seafood market in Beijing, China. As of 2020, several frozen seafood products linked with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in China. According to the current survey and scientific studies, the risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2 from cold-chain food, food products, and food packaging is thought to be very low. However, studies on food cold chain contamination have shown that SARS-CoV-2 remained highly stable under refrigerated (4°C) and even in freezing conditions (-10 to -80°C). Since one mode of SARS-CoV-2 transmission appears to be touching contaminated surfaces, it is important to clean and sanitize food contact surfaces properly. Understanding food safety hazard risks is essential to avoid potential negative health effects and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the food supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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