Stricter disinfection rules in effect for cold imported food
4 years, 1 month ago

Stricter disinfection rules in effect for cold imported food

China Daily  

A worker disinfects packaged cold-chain food to be exhibited at the third China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Oct 29. China is doubling down on efforts to stem the transmission of the novel coronavirus through imported cold products, requiring thorough disinfection of such shipments before they come into contact with domestic workers. With regular nucleic acid tests in place on imported cold goods and workers involved in handling them, the notice highlights the significance of comprehensive disinfection of storage facilities, transport vehicles and packages of the products. The Tianjin government said on Monday evening that it found a new asymptomatic patient on Monday－a truck driver who lugged goods from a frozen storage cluster in the city's Binhai New Area on Thursday. All 70,000-plus residents of the medium-risk area will take nucleic acid tests overnight and those who intend to leave for essential reasons must present nucleic acid test results taken within seven days, he added.

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Beijing unites to ensure supplies during COVID-19 outbreak
2 years, 7 months ago

Beijing unites to ensure supplies during COVID-19 outbreak

China Daily  

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a delivery man for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Chaoyang district, Beijing, May 5, 2022. To reduce the risk of infection, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce recently issued a document outlining epidemic prevention and control guidelines for delivery workers during the outbreak. Delivery staff members should have completed …

China urges families to stockpile food and essentials amid fears of winter shortages
3 years, 2 months ago

China urges families to stockpile food and essentials amid fears of winter shortages

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has urged families to …

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise

ABC  

Tanya Tong has two weeks to weigh up whether to see her parents for the Chinese New Year, as a small but persistent resurgence of the virus creates déjà vu one year on from the COVID-19 outbreak, scuttling celebrations across the country. Key points: China is currently recording about 200 COVID-19 cases a day China is currently recording about 200 …

Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream
3 years, 11 months ago

Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The coronavirus was found on …

海关总署：加强进口冷链食品新冠病毒的风险监测
3 years, 11 months ago

海关总署：加强进口冷链食品新冠病毒的风险监测

China Daily  

1月14日，海关总署新闻发言人、统计分析司司长李魁文表示，海关总署严格按照国务院联防联控机制总体部署，加大进口冷链食品的检疫力度，防范新冠肺炎疫情通过进口冷链食品输入的风险。 工作人员在深圳一处进口冷链产品集中监管仓库进行产品采样检测。（图片来源：新华网） Overseas food exporters should strictly follow the regulatory guidelines issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization to ensure their exports to China are not contaminated by the novel coronavirus during production, processing, storage or transportation, Li Kuiwen said. 目前，对发生员工感染新冠肺炎的21个国家的124家冷链食品生产企业采取了暂停其产品进口措施，其中有107家企业是在出现疫情后即自主暂停了对华出口。 【单词讲解】 说到“暂停”，我们可能立即会想到pause这个词，不过，在具体使用的时候，pause更偏重“短时间暂停（后继续进行某事）”的意思，比如：He talked for two hours without pausing for breath.（他说了两个小时的话，都没有停下来喘口气。）On …

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging
4 years ago

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, while a surprising – and frustrating – number of points remain unclear, one thing is certain: the first major outbreak was in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Chinese experts disagree however, with Wu himself saying in November that “more and more evidence is showing that frozen …

Coronavirus detected on imported frozen food in China
4 years ago

Coronavirus detected on imported frozen food in China

India TV News  

An imported frozen food sample in the city of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local authorities said Tuesday. The sample was taken from a batch of frozen sliced pig ears imported from the United States as part of a regular screening before the entry of any imported frozen food into the city's cold storage …

Qingdao official vows better cold food handling
4 years, 1 month ago

Qingdao official vows better cold food handling

China Daily  

A senior official from Qingdao, Shandong province, vowed to improve cold-chain food management further after one of two asymptomatic coronavirus infections reported on Tuesday was directly linked to imported frozen food. Chen Wansheng, deputy director of the general office of the city government, said in a news conference on Wednesday that Qingdao had spared no effort to prevent the spread …

In Shandong, cold-chain worker found with virus
4 years, 1 month ago

In Shandong, cold-chain worker found with virus

China Daily  

Jiaozhou, a county-level city in Qingdao, Shandong province, reported an asymptomatic coronavirus infection on Monday night involving a 30-year-old man who handled imported cold chain products, the local health authority said. Facing a series of COVID-19 cases linked to imported cold chain products, Jinan, Shandong province, began using special warehouses to collect imported cold food on Tuesday. Cold chain imported …

EXPLAINER: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. OVERSEAS COMPLAINTS Trading partners, including the U.S., New Zealand, …

Can you contract coronavirus through contaminated frozen food packaging?
4 years, 1 month ago

Can you contract coronavirus through contaminated frozen food packaging?

India Today  

Experts have voiced concerns over China's claim that the novel coronavirus can be transmitted through contaminated frozen food packaging. Over the course of the past few months, China has banned frozen food imports from several countries citing the detection of Covid-19 on the packaging. In August of this year, Chinese authorities claimed that a sample taken from the surface of …

Do China’s claims of coronavirus on frozen food stack up?
4 years, 1 month ago

Do China’s claims of coronavirus on frozen food stack up?

LA Times  

China has stirred controversy with claims that it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food, including from Russia and Norway. Overseas complaints Trading partners, including the U.S., New Zealand, Canada and the EU, say they’re unclear on China’s methodology and have seen no solid evidence that their products carried the coronavirus. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian …

China's large-scale coronavirus tests on imported frozen foods may put more Australian exports on hold
4 years, 1 month ago

China's large-scale coronavirus tests on imported frozen foods may put more Australian exports on hold

ABC  

China has urged its ports to "take immediate action" to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission after it reportedly found cases it says are linked to contaminated frozen food packaging. Key points: Expert says China's positive test claims require further evidence Expert says China's positive test claims require further evidence Australian exporters sold $10.6 billion worth of food in China …

China’s irritated trade partners push back on COVID-19 food tests
4 years, 1 month ago

China’s irritated trade partners push back on COVID-19 food tests

Al Jazeera  

Canada calls China’s rejection of food products that had positive tests for COVID-19 ‘unjustified trade restrictions’. In a World Trade Organization meeting on November 5-6, Canada called China’s testing of imported foods and rejection of products that had positive nucleic acid tests “unjustified trade restrictions” and urged it to stop the practice, said a Geneva-based trade official briefed on the …

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details
4 years, 1 month ago

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details

Op India  

China, the biggest importer of beef and the first exporter of Coronavirus, has now sounded alarm bells after finding COVID virus samples on packaged beef that it had imported from Brazil and Saudi Arabian Shrimp. Additionally, Chinese authorities also found the presence of Coronavirus samples on packaged Argentinian beef. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission has said in a statement on …

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp
4 years, 1 month ago

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp

India Today  

Even as the World Health Organisation said earlier that the risk of Covid-19 infection from frozen food remains lows, China has again sounded an alarm after detecting virus samples on the packaging of a batch of Brazilian beef and Saudi Arabian Shrimp. The first instance had been reported from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Friday when the novel coronavirus …

China suspends fish imports from Indian firm after detection of coronavirus on samples
4 years, 1 month ago

China suspends fish imports from Indian firm after detection of coronavirus on samples

India Today  

China on Friday suspended fish imports from an Indian company for one week. The decision was made by the Chinese Customs office after it detected novel coronavirus on three samples taken from the outer packaging of frozen cuttlefish. This suspension on imports from India's Basu International will resume automatically after one week, a report by Reuters quoted China's General Administration …

Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging for first time: China
4 years, 2 months ago

Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging for first time: China

Live Mint  

China's health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of living novel coronavirus on the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish in the port city of Qingdao, in what it described as the first detection of its kind on the cold food chain in the world. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said it detected …

Living Coronavirus Found on Frozen Food Packaging in China's Qingdao
4 years, 2 months ago

Living Coronavirus Found on Frozen Food Packaging in China's Qingdao

News 18  

China’s health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of living novel coronavirus on the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish in the port city of Qingdao. It is for the first time in the world that living novel coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging of cold-chain food, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said …

Contaminated frozen food packaging could cause Covid-19 infection: Chinese CDC
4 years, 2 months ago

Contaminated frozen food packaging could cause Covid-19 infection: Chinese CDC

India Today  

Contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living new coronavirus could cause infection, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Saturday. Prior to this recent statement, the CDC had detected genetic traces of Covid-19 in some samples taken from frozen food packaging. The Chinese CDC, however, has made no comment about whether the dock …

Beijing restricts frozen food import from high-risk covid places
4 years, 3 months ago

Beijing restricts frozen food import from high-risk covid places

Live Mint  

China’s capital city urged companies to halt imports of frozen food from countries that have been severely hit by the pandemic as fears continue to mount over the possibility of transmission through packaging. The Beijing city government on Monday told companies to avoid importing frozen food from high-risk nations, without naming any. Chinese customs and local governments have repeatedly detected …

Coronavirus Found on Seafood Importer's Packages in China, Two Handlers Test Positive
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Found on Seafood Importer's Packages in China, Two Handlers Test Positive

News 18  

Beijing: Health authorities in China’s eastern city of Qingdao have found coronavirus contamination on some packages stored by a seafood importer after two of its handlers tested positive for the virus but displayed no symptoms. Thursday’s results came during a routine test of the company’s staff, although none of the two affected men’s 147 close contacts tested positive, the Qingdao …

Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China

India Today  

Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in the city of Fuyu said on Sunday, urging anyone who may have bought it to get themselves tested. One of the packages had arrived in the city via the provincial capital Changchun, Fuyu city’s health office said on its official …

WHO plays down China's worry over coronavirus on food packaging after chicken wings found with COVID-19
4 years, 4 months ago

WHO plays down China's worry over coronavirus on food packaging after chicken wings found with COVID-19

ABC  

The World Health Organisation has moved to allay fears coronavirus could be spreading via food shipments. Key points: A WHO spokesman said people should not fear food, food packaging or processing or delivery of food A WHO spokesman said people should not fear food, food packaging or processing or delivery of food China had tested hundreds of thousands of packages …

WHO says food safe from coronavirus
4 years, 4 months ago

WHO says food safe from coronavirus

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization on Thursday urged people not to fear catching the novel coronavirus from food, after Chinese testers found traces on food and food packaging. The virus was found Tuesday in the Chinese city of Shenzhen during a routine check on samples of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil, city authorities said. "People are already scared enough and …

Can you get coronavirus from packages? What we know so far
4 years, 4 months ago

Can you get coronavirus from packages? What we know so far

Live Mint  

coronavirus, spread of coronavirus, coronavirus transmission, frozen food packaging, New Zealand, coronavirus for freight, frozen chicken wings, COVID-19 from food, food packaging China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be traced to imported freight. Health officials raised …

Coronavirus found on outer packaging of frozen seafood in China
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus found on outer packaging of frozen seafood in China

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian, which recently battled a surge of cases, a local government said on Tuesday. The virus was found on the outer packaging of frozen seafood bought by three companies in Yantai, a port city in eastern Shandong …

Heavy traces of coronavirus found in seafood, meat sections of Beijing food market
4 years, 6 months ago

Heavy traces of coronavirus found in seafood, meat sections of Beijing food market

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing’s wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area’s low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors, officials said on Thursday. Their preliminary report comes as the country’s capital tackles a resurgence of COVID-19 cases over the past week …

Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak

Deccan Chronicle  

Shanghai: Low standards of hygiene in China’s wholesale food markets and vulnerabilities in its food supply chain need to be urgently addressed after a new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, a leading body of the ruling Communist Party said. The Communist Party’s top disciplinary body said the outbreak underlined the urgent need to improve sanitation standards and minimise health risks at …

Beijing locks down more districts as new virus outbreak gathers pace
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing locks down more districts as new virus outbreak gathers pace

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China's capital city raced Monday to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak, with 79 cases linked to a single wholesale food market in Beijing where authorities have locked down neighbourhoods and launched a massive test and trace programme. Health officials reported 49 new coronavirus cases nationwide on Monday, including 36 more in Beijing where a cluster linked to the Xinfadi …

Customs to crack the whip with rogue exporters
4 years, 9 months ago

Customs to crack the whip with rogue exporters

China Daily  

Workers produce medical shoe coverings at a company in the Bishan district of Chongqing on Feb 23, 2020. China has warned of stringent action against manufacturers who export defective and counterfeit medical products, including confiscation of the illegal income and punishment, to ensure the overall quality of its foreign trade, the General Administration of Customs said on Monday. Jin Hai, …

World risks food crisis in wake of coronavirus, officials warn
4 years, 9 months ago

World risks food crisis in wake of coronavirus, officials warn

Al Jazeera  

Governments must ensure free trade especially to avoid further slowdowns in food-supply chains, WTO, WHO, UN say. As governments around the world are trying to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus by putting their populations in lockdown, international trade and food supply chains suffered a severe slowdown. “Uncertainty about food availability can spark a wave of export restrictions, creating …

Is It Safe To Order Takeout During The Coronavirus Outbreak?
4 years, 9 months ago

Is It Safe To Order Takeout During The Coronavirus Outbreak?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the coronavirus continues to spread, restaurants across the country are shutting their doors to dine-in customers. When asked if he would personally order takeout at the moment, he replied, “It depends where I’m ordering from.” Nelken said in times like these, it’s important to have a sense of familiarity with a restaurant and to feel safe …

中国商家推出“无接触”销售  降低疫情影响
4 years, 10 months ago

中国商家推出“无接触”销售  降低疫情影响

China Daily  

China Inc thinks outside the box as coronavirus keeps consumers at home 新冠肺炎疫情期间，消费者的购物习惯发生了很大变化，中国的众多商家也开始调整销售模式，竞相推出“无接触”销售，抑制了病毒传播，也逐渐探索出更适合市场和自身发展的销售方式。 中石化“无接触销售”蔬菜礼盒（图片来源：中国日报网） With Chinese consumers hit by quarantine and travel restrictions as well as just wary about venturing out to the shops due to the coronavirus epidemic, companies in the world’s most populous nation are experimenting with new tricks to make sales. 由于中国消费者受到隔离措施和出行限制的影响，而且由于新冠肺炎疫情，人们对冒险走出家门去购物充满担心，世界第一人口大国中国的企业正在尝试新的销售方法。 Oil giant Sinopec - keen …

中国商家推出“无接触”销售  降低疫情影响
4 years, 10 months ago

中国商家推出“无接触”销售  降低疫情影响

China Daily  

China Inc thinks outside the box as coronavirus keeps consumers at home 新冠肺炎疫情期间，消费者的购物习惯发生了很大变化，中国的众多商家也开始调整销售模式，竞相推出“无接触”销售，抑制了病毒传播，也逐渐探索出更适合市场和自身发展的销售方式。 中石化“无接触销售”蔬菜礼盒（图片来源：中国日报网） With Chinese consumers hit by quarantine and travel restrictions as well as just wary about venturing out to the shops due to the coronavirus epidemic, companies in the world’s most populous nation are experimenting with new tricks to make sales. 由于中国消费者受到隔离措施和出行限制的影响，而且由于新冠肺炎疫情，人们对冒险走出家门去购物充满担心，世界第一人口大国中国的企业正在尝试新的销售方法。 Oil giant Sinopec - keen …

Can Coronavirus Be Transmitted Through Food? Here's What You Should Know.
4 years, 10 months ago

Can Coronavirus Be Transmitted Through Food? Here's What You Should Know.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread with nearly 100,000 confirmed cases globally and more than 100 confirmed cases in the United States, people are increasingly wondering how COVID-19 might affect our food supply and eating habits. Sergei Gnatiuk via Getty Images “We are not aware of any reports at this time of human illnesses that suggest …

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