Compilation of articles concerning
COVID-19 infections and food production businesses
By Prof SJ Forsythe
Contact details: sforsythe4j@gmail.com
Homepage: www.foodmicrobe.com
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GENERAL ARTICLES |
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Why have there been so many outbreaks in meat processing plants? |
BBC News |
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Five ways the outbreak is hitting global food industry |
BBC News |
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Opinion article on COVID-19 spread associated with food factories |
The Conversation |
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Covid cases at UK food factories could be over 30 times higher than reported |
The Guardian |
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Local government (LG) response to outbreak, UK |
LGA online |
www.local.gov.uk/factory-outbreak-encapsulated-challenge-we-face-containing-virus |
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Another LG response to outbreak, UK |
LGA online |
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INFORMATION SOURCES |
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Institute of Food Science and Technology |
IFST (UK) |
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SARS-2 PERSISTENCE STUDIES |
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Temperature and humidity dependent persistence of SAR2-CoV-2 virus |
BMC Virology J |
virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-020-01418-7 |
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COLD-FOOD TRANSFER |
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Special envoy to WHO report |
4SD |
www.4sd.info/covid-19-narratives/covid-in-cold-environments-risks-in-meat-processing-plants/ |
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COVID-19 virus found of frozen food packaging |
Reuters |
www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-meat-int-idUSKBN27V0E4 |
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Cold-chain transfer leading to Beijing outbreak |
NatlSciRev |
academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwaa264/5936602 |
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Review article: COVID-19 and food |
TFSciTech |
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Summary article |
Marler Clark |
www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/11/china-reports-further-food-related-coronavirus-findings/ |
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MEAT PROCESSING FACTORIES |
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Locations of UK food businesses with COVID-19 outbreaks |
The Grocer |
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Third of staff positive at meat plant, Norfolk, UK |
BBC News |
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£3.8m loss of stock at poultry factory, Norfolk, UK |
BBC News |
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Two Sisters Anglesey, meat factory associated outbreak, UK |
BBC News |
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Culls of poultry due to processing plant infections, UK |
The Guardian |
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Food factory related outbreak in Cornwall, UK |
BBC News |
www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2020-09-18/coronavirus-outbreak-at-food-factory-in-cornwall |
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Pork meat processing factory, Cornwall, UK |
BBC News |
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Turkey processing factory cases, Suffolk, UK |
BBC News |
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Newcastle bakery closes, UK |
BBC News |
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Pie & pastie maker,
Wales, UK |
BBC News |
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Gütersloh abattoir plant workers, Germany |
BBC News |
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Meat factory superspreading event, Germany |
Pre-refereed paper |
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3654517 |
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Smithfield meat factory associated outbreak, US |
BBC News |
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Smithfield appeals against $13,494 fine |
Marler Clark |
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Smithfield fines not sufficient deterrent? |
Marler Clark |
www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/09/blowback-from-industry-and-union-on-osha-for-smithfield-jbs-fines/ |
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South Dakota meat processing facility outbreak, US |
CDC |
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931a2.htm?s_cid=mm6931a2_w |
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Nebraska meat processing facility outbreak, US |
CDC |
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931a3.htm?s_cid=mm6931a3_w |
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19 US States, surveillance meat and poultry processing facilities, April 2020. |
CDC |
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6918e3.htm?s_cid=mm6918e3_w |
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Update: April–May 2020 surveillance meat and poultry processing facilities , US |
CDC |
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6927e2.htm?s_cid=mm6927e2_w |
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DESSERRT PRODUCTION
FACILITIES |
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Newark Bakkavor dessert factory associated outbreak, UK |
BBC News |
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Zorba Delicacies dessert factory associated outbreak, UK |
BBC News |
www.bbc.co .uk/news/uk-wales-53530401 |
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REGULATORIES ISSUES |
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Frozen meat import ban on frozen meat imports from Brazil into China |
Financial Times |
www.ft.com/content/6784cc97-b91b-4d6d-9fc9-8ea6e5b3e71f |
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Ecdc study showing food industry 3rd most common occupation associated with outbreak clusters |
EFSA |
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ICMSF risk assessment on food transmission |
ICMSF |
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GENERAL DATABASES |
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NextStrain |
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nextstrain.org/ncov?c=country&d=tree,map&l=radial&m=div&p=grid&r=country |
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Superspreading event database (SSE) |
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medium.com/@codecodekoen/covid-19-superspreading-events-database-4c0a7aa2342b |
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Johns Hopkins University Dashboard |
JHU |