Food Safety and COVID-19
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This website is to be a one-stop resource for information related to food safety and the COVID-19 pandemic. Please know this site will be updated frequently as more information is available. |
COVID-19 Update - February 18, 2021
After more than a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a global health emergency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person-to-person through respiratory droplets. Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food. Before preparing or eating food it is important to always wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds for general food safety. Throughout the day wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, or going to the bathroom.
It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.
In general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging that are shipped over a period of days or weeks at ambient, refrigerated, or frozen temperatures.
Resources in Español and other languages
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment - click on "Recursos en Español")
- Kansas Department of Agriculture
- Food Establishment Guidance - Español
- Food Establishment Guidance - Simplified Chinese
- Food Establishment Guidance - Traditional Chinese
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Many handouts in a variety of languages
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Many health promotion materials
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - American Sign Language videos
- Food and Drug Administration - Multilingual resources
- Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives (Español) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- COVID-19 Español Resources - North Carolina State University Extension
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