Galanakis Charis M
Research & Innovation Department, Galanakis Laboratories, 73131 Chania, Greece.
College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Foods. 2020 Apr 22;9(4):523. doi: 10.3390/foods9040523.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19, broadly referred to as "") a global pandemic, while thousands of infections and deaths are reported daily. The current article explores the food systems in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. It provides insights about the properties of bioactive ingredients of foods and herbs for the support of the human immune system against infections before discussing the possibility of COVID-19 transmission through the food chain. It also highlights the global food security issues arising from the fact that one-third of the world's population is on lockdown. Finally, it underlines the importance of sustainability in the food chain in order to avoid or reduce the frequency of relevant food and health crises in the future.
世界卫生组织（WHO）宣布冠状病毒病（COVID-19，通常简称为“”）疫情为全球大流行，与此同时，每天都有数千例感染和死亡病例报告。本文探讨了COVID-19大流行危机时代的食品系统。在讨论COVID-19通过食物链传播的可能性之前，文章介绍了食品和草药中生物活性成分对支持人体免疫系统抵抗感染的特性。文章还强调了全球三分之一人口处于封锁状态所引发的全球粮食安全问题。最后，文章强调了食物链可持续性的重要性，以避免或减少未来相关食品和健康危机的发生频率。
