‘Highly unlikely’ you can get Covid-19 from food, say experts
It’s highly unlikely that you can get Covid-19 from food, a team of international experts on food contamination has said. “Considering that there are to date no proven cases or scientific associations between food consumption and Covid-19, it is highly unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 constitutes a food safety risk,” said the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) in a position paper circulated this week. Spearheaded by Pretoria-based microbiologist Prof […]
