Silly question but can food absorb nicotine from tobacco if it sits next to it?

Is it safe to eat? So my sister puts the tobacco for her hookah in the fridge and she put leftovers right next to it, (the leftovers were in a container, and the tobacco was in its own container too). When you open the fridge it slightly smells like the hookah tobacco. I’m scared of letting my little sister, who’s 5 years old eat from it. Is it safe?