USDA, FDA Reiterate: COVID-19 Cannot Be Transmitted Through Food or Food Packages
Acting U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Kevin Shea and Acting U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D. recently released a statement on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The statement says that epidemiologic and scientific information indicate that COVID-19 cannot be transmitted through food or food packaging.
Shea and Woodcock reassured consumers that the USDA and FDA continue to believe, based on the scientific information currently available, that foods they consume and packaging they touch are highly unlikely to spread SARS-CoV-2.