The FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response said that "we don’t believe that food packaging is a common route of transmission’ of COVID-19" during a virtual press briefing on April 2nd. America has plenty of safe food and there’s no reason to stockpile, federal and state government officials added.
“We must continue to reassure the public that people should not hoard food,” said Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for Food Policy and Response for the U.S Food and Drug Administration. “Buy a week or two of groceries and leave some for others. Our nation’s overall food safety net remains strong."