“After more than a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a global health emergency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19,” said the statement attributed to Janet Woodcock, MD, acting commissioner of food and drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The statement noted that COVID-19 is a respiratory illness spread from person to person. Some researchers found small amounts of virus particles on food or food packaging, but the infection usually requires a much higher number of particles, the statement said.
Source: FDA