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Beijing, Sep 29: Authorities in Beijing have urged importers to “proactively avoid importing” frozen food from countries severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic over the risk of an outbreak.
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The announcement comes after several cases of seafood products testing positive for coronavirus.
China recently suspended imports from seafood producers in Brazil, Indonesia and Russia for a week or more.
Chinese customs and local governments have repeatedly detected traces of the pathogen in imported cold-chain foods at a time when foreign food companies continued to report…
