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Old 05-07-2020, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JoMar View Post
From the Food and Drug Administration:

Avoiding Foodborne Illness

Currently there is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with transmission of COVID-19.

Foodborne gastrointestinal (GI) viruses, like norovirus and hepatitis A, can make people ill through contaminated food. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is a virus that causes respiratory illness.

FDA advises we all adopt everyday safe food handling

This has been reported through various news outlets for weeks. Masks provide a limited protection for the other person, not the wearer. The Health care workers know this.
What if the packaging of food is sneezed on or coughed on by an asymptomatic carrier of the virus? The virus can be transmitted that way when another person touches the food packaging. How can the FDA guarantee this scenario can not happen? IMHO, the FDA can not.
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