Potential for Foodborne Transmission of COVID-19: Literature Review Update Version 7

Dr Joanne Kingsbury, ESR, undertook the seventh comprehensive literature review, focusing on these research questions

1. What is the latest information on the routes of transmission for COVID-19 (including anything that implicates food as a vehicle)?
2. What is the international consensus on survival rates of SARS-CoV-2 in and on food products and packaging?
3. What is international best practice for mitigation options to reduce transfer of COVID-19 from workers to food products, including risk management strategies when a worker is identified as being infected with SARS-CoV-2?