Meals and its packaging are not possible to transmit viruses

A health worker wearing a protective mask works in a laboratory during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, USA

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It’s been a little over a year in the global Covid-19 pandemic and there is still “no credible evidence” that people can catch the virus from food or food packaging, US food and health officials said Thursday.

While there have been some scientific studies that have identified Covid-19 particles on food packaging, according to a joint press release from the United States, most of that research is to find the genetic fingerprint of the virus, not the live virus that is causing it Human Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Transmission of the virus through food or food packaging is highly unlikely because the amount of virus particles that a person could theoretically ingest by touching a contaminated surface is not enough to produce an infection through oral inhalation.

Health experts around the world have come to similar conclusions and have found that international scientists are constantly learning more about the virus.

“Despite the billions of meals and food packaging treated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been no evidence to date that food, food packaging, or handling of food is a source or an important route of transmission for SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19, “said a recent statement from the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Food.

Over 110 million people around the world have tested positive for the coronavirus. There are several different ways that the virus can be transmitted and infected, but global health experts agree that taking it out on Friday night is unlikely to be one of them.