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Here are resources regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and food safety from Purdue University’s College of Agriculture.

Here are resources regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and food safety from UC Davis’s College of Food Science and Technology.

These are resources regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and food safety from the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement.

Here are resources regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and food safety from Cornell University.

Some state and local officials have clearly exempted food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods manufacturing facilities, but others have not.

From current travel bans to supply chain challenges and employee attendance issues, we surveyed food safety professionals around the world to ask how they are dealing with this new reality. Nearly 90 percent of processors reported significant impacts on their business; in other words, you are not alone.

FDA says there is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with transmission of COVID-19. See the agency's answers to more questions.  

What follows is a list of key points made during FDA's call about the U.S. food supply during COVID-19.

The 22nd Annual Food Safety Summit event was previously scheduled to take place May 4-7, 2020. 

FDA has provided an update on the status of inspections outside of the U.S. in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.