China Xinhuanet.com, July 11th (Shen Hai Xu Jing) A reporter learned from the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau on the 11th that the bureau has carried out work deployment and strengthened communication and coordination with the customs. The Urgent Notice on the Inspection of Frozen Shrimp in Ecuador requires the market supervision bureaus in all districts to strengthen the inspection of relevant imported food enterprises, and at the same time strengthen the inspection of Shanghai food cold storage, food production enterprises, food wholesale markets, supermarket stores, aquatic products sellers, and central kitchens. Etc.

  At the same time, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau required the market supervision departments at all levels in Shanghai to implement disposal measures, urge dealers to immediately stop selling and seal the frozen shrimp produced by the three companies involved after March 12, and cooperate with sampling inspection.

The Shanghai market supervision department has strengthened the investigation of Shanghai food cold storage, food production enterprises, food wholesale markets, supermarket stores, aquatic product sellers, and catering units such as the central kitchen. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau

  On the afternoon of the 10th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce information on preventing the risk of epidemic input and strengthening the supervision of imported cold chain food.

  At the meeting, the General Administration of Customs informed the National Customs of the implementation of new coronavirus surveillance on imported cold chain food. As of 24:00 on July 9th, the Customs nationwide sampled and monitored a total of 227,934 samples. Among them, on July 3rd, Dalian Customs took a sample of frozen South American white prawn containers installed on the inner wall of the container of frozen South American white shrimp produced by Ecuadorian enterprises and frozen South American produced by Ecuadorian enterprises. Among the three outer packaging samples of white shrimp, the new coronavirus nucleic acid was detected positive. On the same day, Xiamen Customs tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid from two samples of frozen South American white shrimp produced by Ecuadorian companies. After nucleic acid sequence analysis and expert judgment, the test results suggest that the container environment and the outer packaging of the products of the three companies in Ecuador are at risk of contamination by the new coronavirus.

The Shanghai market supervision department has strengthened the investigation of Shanghai food cold storage, food production enterprises, food wholesale markets, supermarket stores, aquatic product sellers, and catering units such as the central kitchen. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau

  Experts judged that the result of the detection did not mean that it was contagious, but it reflected that the relevant enterprise food safety management system was not in place. In order to protect the health of consumers, the General Administration of Customs decided to suspend the registration of the above-mentioned three enterprises in China, suspend the import and export of the products of the above-mentioned three enterprises, and take measures to return or destroy the temporarily detained goods. (Finish)