Frontiers | The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Seafood Safety and Human Health

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused several negative impacts on global human health and the world's economy. Food and seafood safety and security were amongst the principal challenges and causes of concern for the food industry and consumers during the spread of this global pandemic. This article focused on the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on potential safety issues with seafood products and their processing methods. Moreover, the potential impacts of coronavirus transmission through seafood on human health were evaluated. The role of authenticity, traceability, and antimicrobials from natural sources to preserve seafood and the possible interaction of functional foods on the human immune system are also discussed. Although seafood is not considered a principal vector of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, the possible infections through contaminated surfaces of such food products cannot be neglected. The positive effects of seafood consumption on possible immunity built up, and COVID-19 are also summarized.

Related Keywords

South Korea ,Japan ,United States ,Lakshmana ,Khulna ,Bangladesh ,Paris ,France General ,France ,North Carolina ,Shuian ,Guangdong ,China ,United Kingdom ,Uganda ,Nakat ,Mayuge ,Bhadra ,Bangladesh General ,Qingdao ,Shandong ,Kenya ,Haridas ,Rangpur ,Netherlands ,Ecuador ,Saudi Arabia ,Shorba ,Xizang ,Americans ,America ,Saudi ,Bangladeshi ,Chinese ,Han ,Japanese ,Al Jitan ,Hajime Koyama ,El Abed ,Agrawal Bejarano ,T Matthew Taylor ,Silva Antonio ,Rhizoma Polygonati ,Clare Bronsvoort ,P Michael Davidson ,Faria Coelho Ravagnani ,Abdool Karim ,Technical State University Greensboro ,Human Health Concerning The Consumption Of Seafood ,Thomson ,Junior ,Public Health ,Department Of Family ,Consumer Sciences ,International Scientific Partnership Program ,European Union ,National Institute Of Food ,Centers For Disease ,Us Department Of Agriculture ,King Saud University ,Human Services ,Us Department Of Health ,Technological Research Council Of Turkey ,World Health Organization ,Programme Section ,Public Health Nutr ,Elsevier ,Traceability Concerns During ,Safety Concerns With ,Disease Control ,Eprocessing Methods ,Human Health Concerning ,Natural Antimicrobials ,Functional Foods ,Immune System ,Humans With ,Risk Associated With ,Plant Source ,Scutellariae Radix ,Technological Research Council ,National Institute ,Agriculture Research Station ,North Carolina Agriculture ,Technical State University ,World Health ,Med Abstract ,Crossref Full Text ,Seafood Processing ,Safety Chichester ,John Wiley ,Seafood Authenticity ,Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry ,Michael Davidson ,Plant Metabolites ,Dietary Guidelines ,Health Organization ,Coronavirus Disease ,Accessed May ,Food Safety ,Food Businesses ,Interim Guidance ,Traditional Chinese ,South China ,Covid 19 ,Ars Cov 2 ,Seafood Safety ,