Source: Aaliyah Bowden, NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS, 6/5/20


News reports have been filled in recent weeks with accounts of workers at meat processing plants coming down with COVID-19 at their workplaces. Farmers and food manufacturers have tested positive for the virus, and some have expressed concern over whether the virus can be transmitted by touching or eating food from these farms and processing plants. Should consumers be worried? The science behind food safety gives us clues on how to think about this situation.

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