“Consumers should rest assured that we continue to believe, based on our understanding of the reliable scientific information currently available and supported by an overwhelming international scientific consensus, that the food they eat and the food packaging they touch is highly likely. spreading SARS-CoV-2, “wrote the FDA in a statement.
Covid-19 is a respiratory disease transmitted from person to person, unlike food-borne viruses that can make people sick through contaminated food, the FDA said.
“Since the number of virus particles that could theoretically be captured by touching a surface would be very small and the amount needed for oral inhalation infection would be very high, the chances of infection from touching the surface of the food package or eating food is considered extremely low, “he added.
“Considering the more than 100 million cases of COVID-19, we have not seen epidemiological evidence of food or food packaging as a source of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to humans.”