Gastro Coronavirus
There is a growing body of evidence (particularly the gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID-19) to suggest a faecal-oral route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, which typically means a foodborne disease.
Food Safety & Disease
This category is dedicated to preventing foodborne illness, understanding pathogens and ensuring food is safe for consumption.
COVID-19 or Wuhan pneumonia?
What’s in a name? Which is better … COVID-19 or Wuhan pneumonia? SARS-CoV-2 or Chinese virus?
Prions and beef.
Prion diseases, caused by an infectious misfolded host encoded protein – a fascinating concept indeed.
COVID-19: A likely foodborne disease.
How likely is SARS-CoV-2 to be transmitted through food? If you consider communal eating practices and contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) food in a food service environment as foodborne disease (which fits the WHO definition of such), then transmission through food is quite likely.
Save your immune system for SARS-CoV-2!
Give yourself the best chance of avoiding COVID-19 … observe these hygienic food safety practices to save your immune system to fight of SARS-CoV-2.
