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Food Safety Farm to Fork Chain in Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions


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1 Division of Professional Service (Medical Division) Department of Government, New Delhi-110 001, India
2 School of Public Health, PGIMER Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab - 160 012, India
     

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In the wake of the current COVID-19 a restraint was put on the supply of non-essential items. At the same time, provision of essential food items, health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary and special medical purpose, infant/baby food, animal feed/pet food needs to be ensured. Apart from these items, food delivery services, e-commerce, cold storage and warehousing of food products, fuel such as coal, rice husk, diesel/furnace oil and all raw materials, intermediaries, packaging materials needed to support the above list of products are required to be included in the essential list to ensure uninterrupted functioning of food supply chain. This article describes methods to ensure food safety along with prevention of COVID-19 infection while ensuring food security for all.

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Covid-19, Nutraceuticals, E-Commerce, Food Supply Chain, Food Safety, Food Security.
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Authors

Puja Dudeja
Division of Professional Service (Medical Division) Department of Government, New Delhi-110 001, India
Vipra Mangla
Division of Professional Service (Medical Division) Department of Government, New Delhi-110 001, India
Amarjeet Singh
School of Public Health, PGIMER Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab - 160 012, India
Rajul Gupta
Division of Professional Service (Medical Division) Department of Government, New Delhi-110 001, India

Abstract


In the wake of the current COVID-19 a restraint was put on the supply of non-essential items. At the same time, provision of essential food items, health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary and special medical purpose, infant/baby food, animal feed/pet food needs to be ensured. Apart from these items, food delivery services, e-commerce, cold storage and warehousing of food products, fuel such as coal, rice husk, diesel/furnace oil and all raw materials, intermediaries, packaging materials needed to support the above list of products are required to be included in the essential list to ensure uninterrupted functioning of food supply chain. This article describes methods to ensure food safety along with prevention of COVID-19 infection while ensuring food security for all.

Keywords


Covid-19, Nutraceuticals, E-Commerce, Food Supply Chain, Food Safety, Food Security.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21048/ijnd.2020.57.4.25319