A recent Tweet by Chinese state media platform, “People’s Daily” promoted a false narrative about COVID-19 being potentially transported in milk powder imported to China from New Zealand or whey imported from Ukraine. COVID can only survive for a few hours on food before it dies off, making it impossible for COVID to have been introduced into ice cream sold in China made with products transported from Ukraine or New Zealand.
Canadian health authorities state that:
COVID-19 “may survive in foods and on surfaces for a few hours to a few days before it dies off. However, it is not believed that the virus is transmitted by eating contaminated food. The virus is transmitted by droplets spread from a sick person. If the COVID-19 virus is on the surface of a food and stored in a cupboard, fridge, or freezer, there is no evidence that it can grow or multiply further.”
