ICMSF opinion on SARS-CoV-2 and its relationship to food safety

The members of the ICMSF have compiled a joint view on the relationship between COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 and food safety. The ICMSF kindly acknowledges the efforts our Japanese colleagues have made to provide a translation in Japanese. Read the article

Long-time ICMSF-member and recent-past-member, Jeff Farber (currently Professor and Food Science Department of the University of Guelph, Canada), produced a video in an effort to dispel some of the myths about coronavirus and food safety that are circulating widely. Watch the video

ICMSF-member Lucia Anelich, of Anelich Consulting Food Safety Solutions in South Africa, is the Immediate Past President of and heavily involved with the South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST). She compiled a very well attended webinar for SAAFoST called “Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): Is it a food safety risk?”. Watch the webinar

ICMSF-member and current secretary, Leon Gorris, Food Safety Expert from the Netherlands, discussed the impact of COVID-19 on food safety (perceptions) and COVID-19 mitigation measures that food businesses best build onto their GHP and HACCP based food safety management for the protection of their employees, their customers and society at large. Importantly, Codex Alimentarius has been driving implementation of GHP and HACCP for all food businesses around the world and has produced important guidelines for general food hygiene as well as sector specific hygiene measures. Read the article