Other corona viruses live 2 years when frozen

[wonderrotunda]

I think this needs thinking about with a view to how food is moved from field to freezer. If it is contaminated by, say, someone in a supermarket then technically it could lie dormant and possibly reactivate. I am not trying to be alarmist and know this is possibly unlikely. I also know that covid 19 hasn’t been around for two years so we do not know if it would survive as long as other corona viruses. I just wanted to mention it in case it can get broadcast so supplier and supermarkets could take it into consideration
www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200221-sitrep-32-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=4802d089_2
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Does heat destroy Coronaviruses?

I am not trying to be alarmist and know this is possibly unlikely.

FFS. What a stupid thread. The amount of sheer crap circulating around so yeah, keep piling it on

FFS.

FFS, when will these scaremongering threads stop? There is NO evidence that food is a source of transmission.

From the European Food Safety Authority:

"EFSA’s chief scientist, Marta Hugas, said: “Experiences from previous outbreaks of related coronaviruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), show that transmission through food consumption did not occur. At the moment, there is no evidence to suggest that coronavirus is any different in this respect.”"

www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/coronavirus-no-evidence-food-source-or-transmission-route

I've reported this thread. More unfounded unnecessary scaremongering is the last thing we need.

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