Shenzhen a batch of imported frozen meat test positive for the new crown virus, imported cold chain.

According to Shenzhen issued 13 news, Shenzhen Outbreak Prevention and Control Command Office issued a notice: August 11, Shenzhen Longgang District on the import of cold-chain food testing, August 12 by the provincial and municipal CDC review, found a frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil (registration number: SIF601; lot number: 7720051522) surface samples of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test results positive.
Shenzhen Outbreak Prevention and Control Command Office of the first time to organize relevant departments may be in contact with the relevant products of personnel to conduct a comprehensive nucleic acid testing, the results are negative, positive sample close contacts have been incorporated into health management! Remind the general public to buy imported frozen meat products and aquatic products carefully in the near future, while paying attention to do a good job of personal protection, reduce the risk of infection with the new coronavirus.
, in Dalian, Xiamen, Yantai imported frozen seafood products packaging samples have also tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid.
July 3, Dalian Customs tested positive for neo-coronavirus nucleic acid from three outer packaging samples of frozen South American white shrimp produced by Ecuador's Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A. (registration number 24887) in a sample on the inner wall of a frozen South American white shrimp container.
same day, Xiamen Customs tested positive for neo-coronavirus nucleic acid from two packaged samples of frozen South American white shrimp produced by Ecuador's Empacadora Del Pacifico Sociedad Anonima Edpacif S.A(registration number 654).
August 9, Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone in the cold chain food and practitioners of the detection found that three enterprises imported from Dalian port of the same foreign cargo ship frozen seafood products packaging samples of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test results are suspected to be positive.
August 10, the city CDC reviewed, three samples of packaging tested positive.
viruses carried on the surface or packaging of cold-chain fresh meat food be transmitted to humans? At a press conference, Li Xingqian, director of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said it was not clear whether the new coronavirus would survive and spread through cold chains in food or food packaging.
In response to the possibility that frozen, frozen seafood and meat are not a source of infection, Li Ning, deputy director and researcher of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, said that based on the views of relevant authorities of international organizations and available evidence, the likelihood of being a source of infection is very small.
The World Health Organization, the European Food Safety Authority, the German Institute for Risk Assessment and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other authoritative organizations and institutions have a clear point of view, the view is more consistent, that is - the new coronavirus is mainly transmitted by human respiratory droplets and human contact, the possibility of infection through the digestive tract is very small.
to this day, there is no evidence of food-borne new coronavirus, and these views are publicly available on the world health organization's website and on the websites of these agencies.
to date, more than 10 million cases have been reported worldwide, and more than 80,000 confirmed cases in our country have not been reported as a result of eating food.
The European Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Food Sciences, South China University of Technology Professor Sun Dawen in an interview with the media, pointed out that from the scientific rigor, it is still not possible to confirm that seafood, aquatic products can be infected with the new crown virus, but the above-mentioned outbreak cases show that the relevant market sales of cold chain fresh food there is a potential risk.
also suggested that the new coronavirus nucleic acid testing as a special period of imported food, including the food itself and food packaging testing.
once checked out, the product must not enter the customs.
The National Health and Health Commission also issued on July 21st the Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the Outbreak of New Crown Pneumonia in Meat Processing Enterprises, which stipulates that in addition to the ticketing certificate and the inspection records of incoming goods, imported livestock and poultry meat products should have a "nucleic acid testing certificate" before they can be admitted to the factory for production.
the outbreak of imported cold chain food can still eat to ensure the safety of China's food imports, China's imports of goods strict control, from the source to block the virus invasion.
, China has suspended imports of products from more than 20 foreign meat producers, including Germany, the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
addition, some e-commerce platforms have also established safety detection mechanisms to detect fresh meat, especially imported meat, to ensure the safety of consumers on the tip of the tongue.
for consumers, strict precautions are necessary, but there is no need to waste food.
In order to protect the health of yourself and your family and to purchase imported frozen seafood and meat, it is important to keep in mind the five key points recommended by the World Health Organization to ensure food safety - keeping it clean, cooked separately, cooked thoroughly, keeping food safe, using safe water and raw ingredients.
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