COVID-19

FDA Rapid Response Team (RRT) Program has provided these COVID 19 resources available to food safety stakeholders.

• General Information
• • CDC’s COVID-19 website (many resources: basic information about COVID-19, including how it spreads; situation updates; information for specific audiences: communities, schools, businesses, healthcare professions, health departments, travel, laboratories)
  • FDA’s COVID-19 website; FDA Statement: FDA steps to ensure quality of foreign products
  • FSIS’s COVID-19 website
  • DHS’ COVID-19 website
  • State Department Travel Advisories
  • FDA Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) Coronavirus Resource Page
• Food Industry
• • Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers (CDC)
  • COVID-19 Resources for the Food Industry (The Acheson Group)
  • Coronavirus: Fresh Produce Industry Resources (United Fresh Produce Association)
  • Coronavirus Resources (Food Marketing Institute), includes: Preparedness Checklist
• Food Safety
• • Food Safety Magazine: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and Food Safety: A Time for Facts, Not Panic
  • Food and Environmental Virology (Journal): Survival of Respiratory Viruses on Fresh Produce
  • Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s COVID-19 website: includes advice for food workers

Download: Fact Sheet