Risk of Food-Borne Infection Using Home Delivery
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04/13/2020 |
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During the present COVID-19 outbreak, both customers and restaurants have turned to home delivery services. This arrangement provides convenience for home-bound patrons and to maintain revenue for restaurants. This shift in consumption creates the potential for contamination of food during handling and delivery.
A recent report from Guangzhou in Guangdong Province in China documents outbreaks of norovirus attributed to take-out food. In a published paper norovirus genogroup 11.3 was isolated from food handlers, canteen staff, and students consuming take-out food.
A number of companies involved in food delivery in the U.S. have introduced measures to reduce the possibility of transmitting COVID-19 through home delivery A prominent pizza chain claims that their product is sealed from the oven to the point of delivery.
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It is evident that new challenges such as COVID-19 require adaptation and introduction of procedures to limit health risks that emerge following a change in consumption patterns. |
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