Eat safe: The takeaway on takeout (and other food)

In the weeks since the safer-at-home ordinance went into effect in Los Angeles, we've had to learn to do a lot of things differently. The ways in which we study, work, communicate and interact physically with each other have all changed dramatically. So too with how we eat and shop for food. Yet even with limited trips to the market and most restaurants turning to takeout and delivery service, many of us still have questions about how to best handle the food we bring into our homes. We turned to Catherine Carpenter, a professor of medicine, nursing and public health at UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition and an expert on food safety and nutrition for tips on takeout, shopping and food hygiene. Is it safe to order takeout? The general consensus is that it ' s safe. There ' s no evidence that the coronavirus is carried in food or transmitted by food.