Chitrakar Bimal, Zhang Min, Bhandari Bhesh
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Food Control. 2021 Jul;125:108010. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108010. Epub 2021 Feb 27.
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a novel corona virus (SARS-CoV-2). No medical intervention has yet succeeded, though vaccine success is expected soon. However, it may take months or years to reach the vaccine to the whole population of the world. Therefore, the technological preparedness is worth to discuss for the smooth running of food processing activities. We have explained the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food supply chain (FSC) and then discussed the technological interventions to overcome these impacts. The novel and smart technologies during food processing to minimize human-to-human and human-to-food contact were compiled. The potential virus-decontamination technologies were also discussed. Finally, we concluded that these technologies would make food processing activities smarter, which would ultimately help to run the FSC smoothly during COVID-19 pandemic.
冠状病毒病-19(COVID-19)是一种由新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)引起的传染病。尽管预计疫苗很快会取得成功,但目前尚无医疗干预措施取得成效。然而,要让全世界所有人都接种疫苗可能需要数月或数年时间。因此,为了食品加工活动的顺利开展,技术准备工作值得探讨。我们阐述了COVID-19大流行对食品供应链(FSC)的影响,然后讨论了克服这些影响的技术干预措施。汇总了食品加工过程中用于尽量减少人与人以及人与食品接触的新颖智能技术。还讨论了潜在的病毒去污技术。最后,我们得出结论,这些技术将使食品加工活动更加智能,这最终将有助于在COVID-19大流行期间使食品供应链顺利运行。