Compilation of articles concerning
COVID-19 infections and food production businesses
By Prof SJ Forsythe
Contact details: sforsythe4j@gmail.com
Homepage: www.foodmicrobe.com
Last update: 21.1.21
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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 |
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Another LG response to outbreak, UK |
LGA online |
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PEER REVIEWED PAPERS |
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Food products as potential carriers of SARS-CoV-2 |
Food Control |
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Re-emergence of coronavirus disease in Chinese cities associated with chilled and frozen food products |
J Infection |
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COVID-19 in Hong Kong – public health, food safety, and animal vectors perspectives |
J Virol Methods |
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COVID-19 pandemic and food safety |
T Food Sci Tech |
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Cold-chain transfer leading to Beijing outbreak |
NatlSciRev |
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COVID-19 crisis and food |
T Food Sci Tech |
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Coronavirus infection of workers in food processing, manufacturing, and agriculture |
Emerging Infectious Disease |
dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2701.203821 |
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Food safety during and after the era of COVID-19 pandemic |
Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Food Products as Potential Carriers of SARS-CoV-2 |
Food Control |
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Successful isolation of SARS-CoV-2 virus from the imported frozen cod package surface |
Biosafety and Health |
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Covid-19 pandemic effects on food safety - Multi-country survey study |
Food Control |
doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107800 |
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COVID-19 in Hong Kong – public health, food safety, and animal vectors perspectives |
J Virol Meth |
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Temperature and humidity dependent persistence of SAR2-CoV-2 virus |
BMC Virology J |
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INFORMATION SOURCES AND
WEBINARS |
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Frozen Food and the Threat of SARS-CoV-2 (Webinar 5th Feb) |
affidia |
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Institute of Food Science and Technology |
IFST (UK) |
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COLD-FOOD TRANSFER |
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Special envoy to WHO report |
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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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 |
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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 FACILITIES |
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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 |
www.bbc.co .uk/news/uk-wales-53530401 |
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REGULATORY ISSUES |
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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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Ecdc study showing food industry 3rd most common occupation associated with outbreak clusters |
EFSA |
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Frozen meat import ban frozen meat imports from Brazil into China |
Financial Times |
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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
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Johns Hopkins University Dashboard |
JHU |
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