Lessons Learned from Retail Food Regulatory Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic
A review published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice provides insight into the challenges of conducting retail food inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic, and summarizes lessons that can be learned for prioritizing retail food regulatory actions in the face of future unprecedented public health circumstances.
The review identified five main areas of difficulty that impacted food safety practices at the local level during the pandemic: