As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread with nearly 100,000 confirmed cases globally, people are increasingly wondering how COVID-19 might affect our food supply and eating habits.

Weve reached out to some leading food safety and public health experts for their advice. If youve been questioning whether to stay home from restaurants or if any foods are unsafe, heres what you need to know:

Can coronavirus be transmitted through food?

Researchers are still learning the specifics of how COVID-19 is transmitted, but we do know that the disease can spread through droplets that are released from the nose or mouth when someone coughs, sneezes or exhales.

Disease transmission becomes possible when someone inhales these droplets or touches their eyes, mouth or nose after coming into contact with surfaces where these droplets land. As of now, theres no evidence of COVID-19 transmission through food.

We are not aware of any reports at this time of human illnesses that suggest COVID-19 can be transmitted by food or food packaging, a spokesperson from the USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service told HuffPost and mentioned in a statement .

Benjamin Chapman , a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University, explained that because the mode of infection is primarily respiratory, the chance of getting COVID-19 from food is extremely low. In fact, we dont see evidence of any respiratory viruses being transmitted through food in the past, he said.

Are there foods in grocery stores we should avoid?

Since theres no known transmission of COVID-19 through food, you dont need to worry about avoiding any foods in particular. A bigger concern when shopping is the risk of coronavirus transmission from person to person.

If you have people that are sick, you have the possibility for somebody to go into an area like that and transmit, said Jason Kindrachuck , assistant professor in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba.

So yes, there is the possibility of getting sick if someone infected with COVID-19 is standing right beside you and sneezes while youre both searching for a ripe avocado, or if a droplet from an infected person lands on a package of cereal that you touch and then proceed to touch your face before washing your hands. But we still dont know how much of the virus needs to be present in order for transmission to occur.