China: Imported Frozen Meat Contaminated with Coronavirus. Local authorities’ concerns are growing
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The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been detected in a package of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil into the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Local authorities are concerned that contaminated food could contribute to further outbreaks.

China. Concerns about the safety of imported food are growing

Local disease control centers tested a sample from chicken wings as part of routine screening for seafood and meat imported since June. A positive test came the day after traces of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus were found on packages of frozen shrimps from Ecuador. China has stepped up port controls amid growing concerns over the safety of imported food.

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The city of Shenzhen (Southeast China) traced contacts of all those who might have come into contact with potentially contaminated food products. Everyone has been tested for the presence of coronavirus. The results turned out to be negative. According to the Brazilian exporter, it is difficult to say at what stage and under what circumstances the meat was contaminated.

Expert: People should not be afraid of food

The Shenzhen Headquarters of Epidemic Prevention and Control has issued a notice requiring additional precautionary measures. In addition to inspecting all meat and seafood containers that entered major ports in recent months, China has suspended some meat imports from various countries, including Brazil, since mid-June.

Li Fengqin, who heads the microbiology laboratory at China’s National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, said in June that it could not be ruled out that contaminated frozen food would cause new infections.

Viruses can survive up to two years in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, but scientists say there is as yet no strong evidence that the coronavirus, causing COVID-19, can spread via frozen food.

“People shouldn’t be afraid of eating, packing, or delivering food,” says World Health Organization’s emergency aid head Mike Ryan, quoted by Reuters. The US Department of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture in a joint statement said that “there is no evidence that humans can contract COVID-19 from food or food packaging”.

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Source: Reuters

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