China to suspend imports from companies if shipments of frozen food test positive for COVID-19
Chinese customs officials will suspend imports from companies for one week if frozen foods test positive for COVID-19.According to reporting in Reuters, companies will face a one week suspension if frozen food products test positive for the novel coronavirus for the first or second time.
However, if frozen food products yield a positive result for a third time or more, imports from that producer or company will be suspended for four weeks.
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Beijing has significantly tightened checks on imported frozen food cargoes and banned imports from some foreign meat processing plants as COVID-19 has rocked the global food sector.
The new guidelines come after Chinese authorities found COVID-19 contamination in the meat and seafood sections of the Xinfadi wholesale food market in June.
According to customs officials, imports from the suspended companies will resume automatically after the one-week or four-week period. The new policy has been effective since 11 September.