ArticleFood control2022
Decontamination of SARS-CoV-2 from cold-chain food packaging provides no marginal benefit in risk reduction to food workers.
Article in Food control, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Applications of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment to Respiratory Pathogens and Implications for Uptake in Policy: A State-of-the-Science Review.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Review
- Quantitative Risk Assessment of Five Foodborne Viruses in Shellfish Based on Multiplex qPCR.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Peracetic Acid and Sodium Hypochlorite against SARS-CoV-2 on Contaminated Surfaces.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Combined Infection Control Interventions Protect Essential Food Workers from Occupational Exposures to SARS-CoV-2 in the Agricultural Environment.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Contamination and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Cold-Chain Food and Food Packaging.China CDC weekly · 2023Article
- Understanding how different surfaces and environmental biofilms found in food processing plants affect the spread of COVID-19.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Murine Hepatitis Virus, a Biosafety Level 2 Model for SARS-CoV-2, Can Remain Viable on Meat and Meat Packaging Materials for at Least 48 Hours.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces and relevance to the food industry.Current opinion in food science · 2022Review
- The Multifaceted Relationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Food System.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Efficacy of washing produce in removing human coronavirus OC43 and murine norovirus.Journal of applied microbiology · 2022Article
- Data on Transfer of Human Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from Foods and Packaging Materials to Gloves Indicate That Fomite Transmission Is of Minor Importance.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Countries continue to debate the need for decontamination of cold-chain food packaging to reduce possible severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) fomite transmission among frontline workers. While laboratory-based studies demonstrate persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces, the likelihood of fomite-mediated transmission under real-life conditions is uncertain. Using a quantitative microbial risk assessment model of a frozen food packaging facility, we simulated 1) SARS-CoV-2 fomite-mediated infection risks following worker exposure to contaminated plastic packaging; and 2) reductions in these risks from masking, handwashing, and vaccination. In a frozen food facility without interventions, SARS-CoV-2 infection risk to a susceptible worker from contact with contaminated packaging was 1.5 × 10
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