Coronavirus: China reports more positive tests on imported frozen food
- Pathogen detected in samples around the country, from Jinan in the east to Lanzhou in the northwest
- Beef and tripe among the affected products, authorities say
With the world engulfed in a second wave of infections, China, the world’s top buyer of frozen beef and shrimp, has ramped up testing of frozen food.
The latest cases were reported in Jinan and in Sishui county in Shandong province in the country’s east, as well as in Xian in Shaanxi province in the northwest.
Other positive results were reported earlier in Wuhan, Hubei province; Zhengzhou in Henan province; Quanzhou in southeastern Fujian province; and Lanzhou in the northwestern province of Gansu.
Jinan’s health commission said on Sunday that more than 7,500 people who might have had contact with contaminated products and other related personnel had tested negative for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
The virus was detected on some beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products, which were imported from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia and entered China through Yangshan Port in Shanghai, the commission said. Testing an additional 3,535 products and their packaging showed all were virus free.