Bulk Foods -- Dehydrated Onions?

Last time I was there, during the first Covid-19 restrictions, the bulk foods were unavailable, I assumed because of the risk of people directly touching bare foods without using gloves. But now that I thought it over, I wonder whether an infected person touching bare food items is less safe than them touching packages of food, since transferring germs by other people's hands to product package then from product package to your hand seems to be just as good a way to spread disease as touching bare bulk food, especially foods that are not cooked before consuming. Produce is sold in bulk where it is touchable, whether it is something that is typically cooked or typically served raw. Does anyone know the answer to this apparent difference in handling packaged foods versus bare bulk foods?

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