Food safety and eating habits during pandemic COVID-19 in the Republic of Serbia

• Published in: Ekonomika poljoprivrede (1979) Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 895 - 910
• Main Authors: Zrnić, Miloš, Kilibarda, Nataša, Brdar, Ivana, Vujić, Milan, Stojanović, Đorđe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgrade Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economists 01-01-2021; Naučno društvo agrarnih ekonomista Balkana, Beograd; Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd i Akademija ekonomskih nauka, Bukurešt
• Subjects: Animals; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Disease transmission; Eating; Eating behavior; eating habits; food; Food contamination & poisoning; Food quality; Food safety; Food storage; Good Manufacturing Practice; Hospitality industry; Households; Hygiene; Manufacturing; Pandemics; Pneumonia; Public health; Safety; serbia; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; United Kingdom > UK; Serbia; China
• ISSN: 0352-3462; 2334-8453
• DOI: 10.5937/ekoPolj2104895Z

Food safety is of paramount importance at all times, especially in exceptional circumstances, such as pandemic COVID-19, given the fact that coronavirus is spreading rapidly and little is known about coronavirus. Protections have been strengthened in all fields, including food safety. In order to best protect ourselves and others, it's necessary to handle food properly, especially if children, pregnant women, the elderly and the ill ones are in the immediate vicinity. The paper will examine food safety and eating habits during pandemic COVID-19, with focus on recommended guidelines for safe food preparation, food storage, together with the prescribed measures of the Government of the Republic of Serbia.