IUFoST/CIFST hold an Extraordinary Scientific Roundtable on COVID-19 and Food Safety

On 21 March 2020, an Extraordinary Scientific Roundtable was held concerning the COVID-19 and its implications for food safety as well as challenges and possible solutions for the food sector. In collaboration with the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST), the Roundtable was convened under the auspices of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), which is the global scientific organization representing food scientists, technologists and engineers. The purpose of the Roundtable was to raise the awareness of the relationship between the coronavirus and food safety and, with the help of experts, to reach a consensus on how the global food community might cope with the challenges of a pandemic. The Roundtable included scientists from international and national health emergency response agencies as well as a representative of the food industry.