COVID-19 Resources

As we each look to recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and prepare for potentially similar outbreaks in the future, there are many questions around the risks associated with food production and to our employees to ensure that a safe and robust food supply is maintained for the public. Below you can find useful links to expert resources to help address your questions.

COVID-19 Toolkit

The US government has created a COVID-19 Toolkit specific to your community with all the resources you need to keep yourself and others safe from COVID-19.

Tracking COVID-19

CDC | COVID Data Tracker
Johns Hopkins | COVID-19 Dashboard
COVID Act Now | US COVID Tracker

SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Knowledge Hubs

Frontiers | Coronavirus Knowledge Hub
US National Library of Medicine | Repository of Peer-reviewed Papers on COVID-19

Resources List

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have questions about COVID-19?

Find a collection of FAQs related to COVID-19, organized by category.

FAQs Video Series

The IFS@CU has also created a series of FAQ videos answering some of the questions received the most.

Food Industry Resources

The IFS@CU has prepared a collection of resources and guidance for the food industry related to COVID-19.

Consumer Resources

The IFS@CU has food safety tips for consumers and other resources for COVID-19.

Practical Resources

The IFS@CU has prepared a number of practical resources, including trainings, templates, and infographics/signage used for controlling the spread of COVID-19 in food facilities.

International Resources

COVID-19 Rapid Response Project

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL) initiated the COVID-19 Rapid Response Project to address COVID-19 related food safety and food security challenges in five target countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal, and Senegal). Although this project ended in June 2021, many of the resources developed can still be accessed from the links below.

Translated Resources by Country

Video FAQs International Series

The IFS@CU has created a series of FAQ videos called COVID-19 is Not Foodborne (multiple languages available).

Selected COVID-19 Global Resources

USAID | Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CDC | COVID-19 Global Response
WHO | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
WHO | Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) and COVID-19
United Nations | UN COVID-19 Response
FAO | Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FAO | Guidance for preventing transmission within food businesses
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Global response to COVID-19
CSSE at Johns Hopkins University | COVID-19 Dashboard
IFPRI | COVID-19 and Global Food Security Report

COVID-19 Modeling

The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the US food supply. In particular, the labor-intensive food processing and produce growing companies have been hit hard demonstrating how sensitive these parts of the supply chain are to disruptions like this pandemic. To improve resilience of the food supply chain to COVID-19 and to support operational decisions of food companies in terms of optimal COVID-19 mitigation strategies, we have developed a simulation-based decision support tool called “Find CoV Control.”

Learn more about COVID-19 Modeling and the Find CoV Control tool.

This work is supported by USDA NIFA AFRI Grant NO:2020-68006-32875/ Accession no. 1024254 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the USDA.