China has once again detected coronavirus in packages of frozen fish from Ecuador and frozen pork imported from Brazil, local media reported.
Chinese authorities have decided to suspend the importation of the Ecuadorian company Firexpa, after traces of covid-19 have been found in the packages of a batch of frozen fish, the General Administration of Customs said.
The suspension will be in effect for a week, according to the Customs declaration.
After several cases detected in China in the last few months, especially in frozen foods from Latin America, China has indicated that it will suspend imports for a week of products that show positive results for coronavirus and for a month if it is the third time or more.
The packaging of a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil also tested positive for covid-19 in the city of Yantai, in China’s eastern Shandong province, the official Global Times reported Thursday.
The plot was found at a restaurant specializing in barbecues and a fish market in Yantai.
The local Coronavirus Prevention and Control Office said city residents who visited both sites should inform their residential communities and closely observe their health conditions.
The health department will follow all close contacts related to these Brazilian swine products, which have not been communicated by the supplier company, and will test them for covid-19 in designated hospitals.
A total of 1,475 packages of pork, 27 tonnes, have been tracked since Thursday, according to the official Chinese Communist Party newspaper.
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