It is highly unlikely that food and food packaging can spread COVID-19, stated the US Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An FDA statement mentioned that available information and international scientific consensus support that foods that people consume and food packaging they touch are highly unlikely to spread COVID-19 infection. The agencies emphasized that there was a dearth of reliable evidence that could suggest that food or food packaging can transmit SARS-CoV-2. The FDA added that the amount of virus particles that could be picked up through touching a surface would be very small while the amount that is required to cause infection by means of oral inhalation would be very high. Therefore, the odds of catching infection by touching the surface of food packaging or eating food appear to be very low… (CNN, February 19, 2021)