The potential impact of the virus on food safety during the COVID-19 outbreak has posed a critical challenge to governments, the food industry, and consumers worldwide. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of adult people regarding food safety during the...
On the demand side, as the coronavirus pandemic has progressed, the way people purchase and consume food has changed. Firstly, at the beginning of the epidemic, when the understanding of the virus and comprehension of the potential severity was limited, consumers focused on panic buying to mitiga...
This envelope is important for host infection but can easily deteriorate, which makes the virus less stable outside of the host, for example, on food and other surfaces (92, 113). SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly inactivated outside of the host, with a half-life of 1 to 7 h depending on the ...
The report said decades of restaurant experience didn’t guarantee success as consumers and state and local governments reacted to the virus. Most of the restaurants that closed for good in 2020 were legacy operators in their communities, according to the survey. On average, these restaurants were...
Control and monitoring: Plum pox virus quarantine situation in France Biosecurity New Zealand recognizes that Plum pox virus (PPV) is one of the most destructive diseases of stone fruit and aims to keep New Zealand free from it. PPV has never been detected in New Zealand orchards during nationa...
This virus essentially ruins everything about what makes the human race so great. If you hang out with people, laugh, dance, have fun, the risk of transmission is sky-high and everyone knows it." While he hopes to "weather the storm and survive", Kaner is pivoting to online wine sales...
67. Pellegrini, M.; Ponzo, V.; Rosato, R.; Scumaci, E.;Goitre, I.; Benso, A.; Belcastro, S.; Crespi, C.; De Michieli, F.; Ghigo, E.;et al. Changes in Weight and Nutritional Habits in Adults with Obesity duringthe “Lockdown” Period Caused by the COVID-19 Virus Emergen...
In an April 16 conference call with more than 40 agriculture ministers from Africa, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said that while lockdowns help contain the spread of the virus, they also have negative side effects. "Border closures restrict trade and limit food availability in many countries,...
Shanghai reported no local COVID-19 infections on Monday and Tuesday, the municipal health commission said. Normalcy is returning to China as the virus transmission has been brought under control after recent infection flare-ups affected cities including Beijing and Shanghai over the past months. ...
largely due to shrinking demand. Relying on local employees and suppliers, shellfish farming activities have rapidly resumed since the gradual reopening from February. Nevertheless, demand has been slow to recover due to public concern about contamination of seafood with the virus. Additionally, we an...