Covid-19 analysis : Detection of coronavirus on frozen products

"Contact with frozen food packaging can cause a virus infection", this is what the Chinese Control Center says to the Xinhua agency. Even if the risk is low, it is being studied as a potential source of the recent contaminations in Qingdao, China.

No contamination by frozen food has been confirmed for the moment, but the agency reminds that the risk is low and nevertheless remains present. Measures have therefore been taken and a call for increased vigilance has been issued to players in the frozen food sector. For consumers, it is recommended not to touch their face when shopping and to wash their hands after handling.

WESSLING accompanies the actors of the agro-food sector in the analysis and detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We also accompany other sectors of activity in the detection of the virus on surfaces. Indeed, various studies conducted by the Australian National Science Agency have recently demonstrated that the virus can survive several days at low temperatures on certain surfaces such as steel and glass.