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, an
Dr Issah Sugri, the Senior Research Scientist at the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Manga Station, has called on farmers to adopt integrated farming technologies. He said this would improve productivity and achieve food and nutritional security. He mentioned that food insecurity was becoming…
Professor Osei-Agyeman Yeboah, Project Coordinator of North Carolina Agriculture and Technical University has called on farmers to integrate innovations and technology in farming to achieve food availability, access, stability and utilisation in the country. He gave the advice at community engagement on the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)…
Professor Osei-Agyeman Yeboah, the Project Coordinator of North Carolina Agriculture and Technical University, has called on farmers to integrate innovations and technology into farming to achieve food availability, access, stability, and security in Ghana. Professor Yeboah gave the advice at a community engagement at Gizaa in the Tolon District of…