ATLANTA — You’ve likely been wiping down everything you see lately, using disinfectant to kill the coronavirus on surfaces.
If the need to clean stresses you out, experts say you can stop wiping off grocery and other deliveries without risking illness. Just make sure you wash your hands after handling them.
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“FDA has heard your concerns about shopping for #food safely. We want to assure you there is currently NO evidence of human or animal food or food packaging being associated with transmission of the #COVID19,” tweeted the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, which is part of the Food and Drug Administration.
Jamie Lloyd-Smith, one of the scientists who worked on the only study to analyze how long the coronavirus lives on various surfaces, told CNN he doesn’t bother to wipe down his own groceries or takeout.
"I don't, personally," Lloyd-Wright told the news network. "I treat my hands as potentially contaminated while I'm handling the groceries and unpacking them and I make sure that I wash them fully when I'm done with that process."
He added that his advice might change if the person on the receiving end of the delivery were older or immunocompromised.
This story was written by Nancy Clanton for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.