ABSTRACT
Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many areas of public life had to respond. That also included the university teaching. The veterinary universities / faculties of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a common catalogue of teaching objectives, which was created and established by the working group: "Teaching in the food hygiene subjects of the German-speaking countries". This allowed the authors to guarantee uniform and efficient teaching. After the first SARS-CoV-2 wave in spring 2020, a summary of the first semester within the pandemic is summarized within this work from the lecturers' point of view. It showed that e-learning elements in the form of videos, pictures, case reports etc. have great potential to embrace teaching. Due to the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it became necessary to switch to complete distance learning. The available resources (Blackboard, Webex etc.) can be used specifically to convey the necessary learning objectives. At the same time, however, the strong limitations of this type of teaching were recognized. The physical presence at the educational establishment is and remains indispensable to prepare students for their future work as a veterinarian in the field of food safety and food hygiene.