COVID 19: challenges for virologists in the food industry
Sophie Zuber, Harald Brüssow
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a challenge for public health and hospitals, but affects many aspects of our societies. This Lilliput minireview deals with problems that the pandemic causes for the food industry, addressing the presence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the food environment, methods of virus inactivation and the protection of the food worker and the consumer. So far food has not been implicated in the transmission of the infection, but social disruptions caused by the pandemic could cause problems with food security.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Food securitySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Food industry2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBusinessPublic healthTransmission (telecommunications)Food supplyFood safetyEnvironmental healthVirologyMedicineDiseaseAgricultureBiologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer scienceFood scienceOutbreakTelecommunicationsAgricultural scienceEcologyPathologyNursingSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingInfection Control and VentilationCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts