Question: Is it possible for the virus to live on the surface of foods?

Answer passage (source: WHO):
page_title: Questions relating to food businesses
section_headers: Could the virus be transmitted from humans to food animals or vice versa?
section_content: Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that food animals could be a
possible route for transmission of COVID-19 to humans or that food animals can
become infected by humans. Studies are underway to better understand the
susceptibility of different animal species to the COVID-19 virus and to assess
infection dynamics in susceptible animal species. Additional information can
be found on the website of the World Organisation for Animal Health
(OIE).

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This answer simply discusses whether it can be spread from food animals to people, not if it can live on the surface of foods.
This is mostly about animals used for food, not about food or food prep.

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Answer passage (source: WHO):
page_title: Questions relating to consumers
section_headers: Can the virus live on the surface of food packaging? How long? Is it necessary to disinfect?
section_content: See question 10 of Questions relating to food businesses. It
is not necessary to disinfect food packaging materials, but hands should be
properly washed after handling food packages and before eating.

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This answer does not address whether the virus can live on the surface of food or not.
This answer pertains to the question, and it somewhat answers it, but it really isn't direct.

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Answer passage (source: WHO):
page_title: Questions relating to food businesses
section_headers: What is known about various conditions affecting survivability of the virus?
section_content: Very little is known about how the SARS-CoV-2 virus survives outside the human
body. Probably the most up-to-date summary of scientific information we have
on survival in the environment is from the European Centre for Disease control
(ECDC) and the following is extracted from their recent technical
report:
Recent publications have evaluated the survival of SARS-CoV-2 on different
surfaces. According to van Doremalen et al., the environmental stability of
SARS-CoV-2 is up to three hours in the air post-aerosolization, up to four
hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on
plastic and stainless steel, albeit with significantly decreased titres [3].
These findings are comparable with results obtained for environmental
stability of SARS-CoV-1. These findings resulted from experiments in a
controlled environment and should be interpreted with caution in the real-life
environment. Moreover, different levels of environmental contamination have
been detected in rooms of COVID-19 patients, ranging from 1 out of 13 to 13
out of 15 samples testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 before cleaning. No air
samples were positive in these studies, but one sample from an air exhaust
outlet was positive indicating that virus particles may be displaced by air
and deposited on surfaces [4,5]. In a study of environmental contamination in
a Chinese hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in
environmental samples from the COVID-19 dedicated intensive care units (ICU),
the COVID-19 dedicated obstetric isolation ward and the COVID-19 dedicated
isolation ward. SARS-CoV-2 was also detected on objects such as the self-
service printers used by patients to self-print the results of their exams,
desktop keyboards and doorknobs. Virus was detected most commonly on gloves
(15.4% of samples) and rarely on eye protection (1.7%) [6]. This evidence
shows the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment of a COVID-19 patient,
therefore reinforcing the belief that fomites play a role in transmission of
SARS-CoV-2; however, the relative importance of this route of transmission
compared to direct exposure to respiratory droplets is still unclear.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is a lot of general information.  Nothing on it is really about food or food prep.
While related to the topic, it does not address or discuss how Covid-19 lives on the surface of foods.

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