China News Service, July 10: If the environment around food is contaminated with new corona virus or food practitioners themselves are infected with new corona virus, will there be virus attached to the food? Li Ning, deputy director and researcher of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, said on the 10th that if the food practitioners themselves are infected with the new coronavirus, they may cause pollution to the food. During the epidemic, it was emphasized that food practitioners must strictly follow relevant regulations and requirements. Recently, various places have also strengthened the monitoring of new coronavirus in food and other samples. Taken together, the chance of food being contaminated with new coronavirus is very small.
On the 10th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the prevention of epidemic input risks and the strengthening of relevant information on imported cold chain food supervision. The reporter asked, if the environment around the food is contaminated by the new corona virus or the food practitioners themselves are infected with the new corona virus, will there be virus attached to the food? What is our risk of infection?
Li Ning pointed out that in all aspects of food production, processing and sales, if the surrounding environment is contaminated by the new corona virus, or the food practitioners themselves are infected with the new corona virus, they may cause pollution to the food. In order to avoid and prevent such pollution, during the epidemic, it is particularly emphasized that food practitioners must strictly follow the relevant regulations and requirements, and must do a good job in the sanitation and disinfection of food production, processing and sales environment and facilities. Food practitioners must also Strengthen self-health monitoring. Once symptoms such as fever, cough, and fatigue occur, leave the office immediately and report to the doctor.
Li Ning said that recently, various places have also strengthened the monitoring of new coronavirus in food and other samples. As of July 7, nearly 60,000 samples of food and other samples reported by Zhejiang, Yunnan, Henan, Shandong, Ningxia and other places had negative results in the detection of new coronavirus nucleic acids. Taken together, the chance of food being contaminated with new coronavirus is very small.