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    How Safe Is It To Eat Takeout?

    With fear of infection on our minds these days, it's easy to get panicky about every day choices. Infectious disease and food safety experts weigh in on ordering dinner to-go.
    by Fran Kritz Apr 08, 2020 4 minutes
    The food service industry is relying on take out and delivery orders to keep businesses afloat and maintain effective social distancing for customers and workers.

    Don Schaffner had Thai takeout for dinner a few nights ago, just as he did occasionally in the weeks and months before the current COVID-19 pandemic.

    That's worth knowing. Schaffner is a distinguished professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey whose expertise includes quantitative microbial risk assessment, predictive food microbiology, hand-washing and cross-contamination.

    "I know people are worried, but from what we know currently about the virus, it's safe to eat food prepared at restaurants so long as you take the proper precautions — in particular hand-washing," says Schaffner.

    As the coronavirus spreads in the U.S., and Americans heed directives to stay home, takeout and delivery of prepared food is picking up. Yet in these fearful times, there are many of us who are wondering if eating takeout is a

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