Compilation of articles concerning
COVID-19 and food production businesses
By Prof SJ Forsythe
Contact details: sforsythe4j@gmail.com
Homepage: www.foodmicrobe.com
Last update: 25.8.2024
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BOOKS Quammen,
D. Breathless. The scientific race to defeat a deadly virus. Paperback
version has Afterword update. |
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PEER REVIEWED PAPERS |
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SARS-CoV-2 origin |
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Andersen, K.G. et al. (2020) The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 |
Nature Medicine |
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Boni, M.F. et al. (2020) Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic |
Nature Microbiology |
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Bloom, J.D. (2021) Recovery of deleted deep sequencing data sheds more light on the early Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 epidemic |
Mol. Biol. & Evolution. |
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Bloom, J.D. et al. (2021) Investigate the origins of COVID-19 |
Science |
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Holmes et al. (2021) The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review |
Cell |
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Worobey M., et al.(2020) The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America. |
Science |
Science DOI:
10.1126/science.abc8169 |
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Xiao, X., et al. (2021) Animal sales from Wuhan wet markets immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Science Reports |
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Huanan Seafood Market - preprint |
Preprint |
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Huanan seafood wholesale
market - epicenter |
Science |
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Molecular epidemiology – zoonotic origin |
Science |
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Can COVID spread from frozen wildlife? Scientists probe pandemic origins |
Nature
News |
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WHO-convened global study of origins of SARS-CoV-2; China part |
WHO |
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Mainland China |
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Seven COVID outbreaks linked to food packaging |
CCDC
Weekly |
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Re-emergence of COVID-19 in China: chilled and frozen food products |
J
Infection |
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Cold-chain transfer leading to Beijing outbreak |
Natl
Sci Rev |
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Sequencing isolates from Xinfadi market, Beijing |
Biosafety
and Health |
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SARS-CoV-2 virus from the imported frozen cod package surface |
Biosafety
and Health |
Biosafety and Health - packaging |
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Impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture and rural poverty in China |
J
Integ Agric |
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COVID-19 impact from an agricultural insurance perspective |
J
Integ Agric |
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The short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on family farms |
J
Integ Agric |
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Impact on consumers' food safety knowledge and behaviour in China |
J
Integ Agric |
J Integrative Agriculture - consumers |
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Impact on the dairy industry in China and USA |
J
Integ Agric |
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Transmission |
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Survival of SARS-CoV-2 on the surfaces of food and food packaging materials |
FSA-UoSouthampton |
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SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious for at least a month on artificially-contaminated frozen berries |
Food
Microbiology |
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Transmission via food and objects |
Bfr-bund |
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Persistence human Coronavirus 229E on fresh produce. |
Food
Microbiology |
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Long-term survival of SARS-CoV-2 on salmon |
J.
Infect Dis. |
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Survival on foods stored at refrigerated temperature |
Foods |
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Stability of SARS-CoV-2 on meat surfaces |
Virol. Sin. |
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Ice cream in China tests positive for COVID. |
NY
Daily News |
Covid ice-cream, China [access is country dependent] |
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Seeding of outbreaks of COVID-19 by contaminated fresh and frozen food |
Pre-reviewed
paper |
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Coronavirus infection in food processing, manufacturing, and agriculture |
Emerg
Infect Disease |
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Aquatic animal food sources of COVID-19 |
Aquaculture |
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Food products as potential carriers of SARS-CoV-2 |
Food
Control |
Food Control - products |
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Environmental contamination: detection and infectivity |
Clin
Micro Infect |
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Temperature and humidity dependent persistence of SAR2-CoV-2 virus |
BMC
Virology J |
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Contamination of inert surfaces: persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
Environ
Res |
Environmental Research - surfaces |
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COVID-19 and food safety: implications and inactivation strategies |
T
Food Sci Tech |
T Food Sci Technology - inactivation |
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Indoor airborne transmission |
Environ
Res |
Environmental Research - indoor |
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SARS-CoV-2 and aerosols – arguing over the evidence |
J
Virol Meths |
J Virological Methods - aerosols |
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Water and wastewater |
Environ
Res |
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Other countries |
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Covid-19 pandemic effects on food safety: multi-country survey study |
Food
Control |
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Hong Kong: public health, food safety, and animal vectors perspectives |
J
Virol Methods |
J Virological Methods – Hong Kong |
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Food security in South Africa |
Global
Food Security |
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Mitigating impacts on rice value chains and food security in West Africa |
Global
Food Security |
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Impacts of COVID-19 on agricultural production: The case of Myanmar |
Agric
Systems |
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Multi-level impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on agricultural systems in India: The case of Uttar Pradesh |
Agric
Systems |
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The COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity: A viewpoint on India |
World
Development |
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General |
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Food fraud and food authenticity |
Food
Control |
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Behaviour changes in the domestic kitchen |
Food
Res Intl |
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Industry sectors highly affected by worksite outbreaks |
Emerg
Inf Dis (CDC) |
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Pandemics, COVID-19, sustainability and development (25 articles) |
World
Development |
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COVID-19 pandemic and food safety |
T
Food Sci Tech |
T Food Sci Tech – food safety |
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COVID-19 crisis and food |
T
Food Sci Tech |
T Food Sci Tech - food |
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Food safety during and after the era of COVID-19 pandemic |
Frontiers
Microbiol |
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Twin challenges of COVID-19 pandemic and climate change in South Asia |
Environ
Challenges |
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How COVID-19 changed our food systems and food security paradigms |
Curr
Res Food Sci |
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Nature journal collection of articles |
Nature |
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MEAT PROCESSING FACTORIES |
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China suspends chicken imports from Tyson Plant, Arkansas |
The Counter |
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COVID-19 among workers in meat and poultry processing facilities, US |
MMWR |
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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 |
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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 |
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South Dakota meat processing facility outbreak, US |
CDC |
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Nebraska meat processing facility outbreak, US |
CDC |
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US States, surveillance meat and poultry processing facilities |
CDC |
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US States update surveillance meat and poultry processing facilities |
CDC |
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DESSERT PRODUCTION
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Ice cream contamination from why powder |
China.org.cn |
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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 |
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GENERAL ARTICLES |
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China permits low-risk Covid positive foods imports |
Walter Reed |
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ICMSF-FAO: Guidance for preventing transmission of COVID-19 |
ICMSF-FAO |
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Risk in meat processing plants |
4SD |
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COVID-19 virus found of frozen food packaging |
Reuters |
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Summary article |
Marler Clark |
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Frozen meat import ban frozen meat imports from Brazil into China |
Financial Times |
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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 |
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Another LG response to outbreak, UK |
LGA online |
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INFORMATION SOURCES AND
WEBINARS |
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Dashboard of SARS-CoV-2 infections in animals |
VetMedUni |
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Frozen food and the threat of
SARS-CoV-2 (Webinar 5/2/21) |
affidia |
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European Commission COVID-19 and food safety |
EFSA |
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European Commission Action plan on online offers and advertising of food related to COVID-19 |
EFSA |
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EFSA opinion on food transmission route |
EFSA |
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ECDC study food industry and outbreak clusters |
EFSA |
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US Food Drug Administration |
FDA |
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WHO guidance |
WHO |
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Intl Assoc Food Protection |
IAFP |
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Institute of Food Science and Technology |
IFST (UK) |
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IUFoST/CIFST COVID-19 and food safety |
IUFOST |
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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: Variants around the world |
Youtube |
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Superspreading event database (SSE) |
J.
Infect |
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Johns Hopkins University Dashboard |
JHU |
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