Outer packaging samples were found to be positive for new coronavirus nucleic acid
Wuhan supermarkets emergency delisted shrimp imported from Ecuador
Bi Kexin, director of the Import and Export Food Safety Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, said at the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council on the 10th that in order to prevent the risk of the introduction of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic through imported cold chain food, the customs department launched the new crown virus of imported cold chain food. Nucleic acid detection work. As of 24:00 on the 9th, a total of 227,934 samples were tested by the national customs. Among them, the samples of frozen South American white prawns produced by 3 companies in Ecuador were tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid in 1 container inner wall sample and 5 outer packaging samples. All other 227,928 samples tested negative.
Bi Kexin said that after the positive samples were analyzed by nucleic acid sequence analysis and judged by experts, the test results suggested 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. Experts judged that the detection result does not mean that the product is infectious, but it reflects that the food safety management system of relevant enterprises is not implemented in place.
Bi Kexin said that in order to protect the health of consumers, the General Administration of Customs decided to suspend the registration of the three Ecuadorian companies involved in China from now on, suspend the import of their products, and take measures to return or destroy the temporarily detained goods.
New coronavirus was detected from frozen shrimp packaging on the same day and in two places
As of 24:00 on the 9th, a total of 227,934 samples were tested by the national customs. Among the above samples, on July 3, Dalian Customs detected from one sample sample mounted on the inner wall of the container of frozen South American white prawns produced by Ecuadorian enterprises, and from three outer packaging samples of frozen South American white prawns produced by Ecuadorian enterprises. The new coronavirus nucleic acid was positive. On the same day, Xiamen Customs tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid from two outer packaging samples of frozen white shrimp produced by Ecuadorian companies. The samples of frozen South American white prawns and the inner packaging samples of the above-mentioned enterprises were negative for the detection of the new crown virus nucleic acid, and all the other 227,928 samples were negative. For the positive samples, the nucleic acid sequence analysis and expert judgment revealed the test results. The container environment and the outer packaging of the goods of the three companies in Ecuador are contaminated by the new coronavirus.
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 companies in China from today onwards, suspend the import of products from the above-mentioned three companies, and take measures to return or destroy the temporarily detained goods.
Has suspended imports of products from 23 overseas meat producers
Bi Kexin introduced at the press conference that the Chinese Customs carried out the nucleic acid detection of imported new cold chain food and other new coronaviruses, which is an important measure to prevent the risk of the introduction of new coronavirus from imported cold chain food channels. It complies with the relevant provisions of the Agreement on the Implementation of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization, and the domestic legal basis is sufficient. This is a necessary measure taken to protect the health of the people and does not affect the normal international trade. The suspension of the import of products from three Ecuadorian companies is mainly to urge them to earnestly implement the main responsibility of the enterprises and to promptly correct the problems that occur in the production and processing process.
In response to the recent outbreak of aggregate infections in meat and aquatic products companies in some countries, we have taken measures to suspend the import of their products. At present, the import of products from 23 overseas meat production companies such as Germany, the United States, Brazil, and the United Kingdom has been suspended. Many countries and enterprises have actively cooperated, and 10 of these 23 enterprises have independently proposed and suspended their export measures to China according to Chinese requirements.
Wuhan urgently delists shrimp imported from Ecuador
Customers can use the shopping receipt to refund
After the news was reported by the media, major supermarkets in Wuhan urgently removed imported shrimp from Ecuador. “Ecuador imported shrimp sold in our supermarkets did not come from the three announced companies and their batches, but in order to dispel the concerns of the public, we still remove all imported shrimp from Ecuador.” The relevant person in charge of the storage of Zhongbai Storage told the Changjiang Daily reporter On the afternoon of the 10th, the company has notified the gate stores to remove the imported shrimp from Ecuador and process the results back to the Municipal Commerce Bureau, and will cooperate with the government to carry out the next relevant testing work.
The relevant person in charge of Wushang Supermarket also said that the supermarkets also removed imported shrimp from Ecuador that afternoon. RT-Mart staff told reporters that after seeing the relevant information, the supermarket did not hesitate to remove the frozen shrimp as soon as possible. "If customers have purchased related products in the early stage, they can return to the store with a small ticket to refund." Carrefour supermarket also said in an interview with reporters that all stores selling related products immediately off the shelf and sealed, and waiting for the next notice of the government department. On the basis of conventional disinfection, the key areas of the store are immediately disinfected. All customers who have purchased related products at Carrefour stores can apply for a refund at the store with a shopping ticket within 7 days. Online shopping customers can apply for a refund with a screenshot of the online order.
In addition to Wuhan physical supermarkets, major e-commerce platforms have also conducted strict inspections on imported shrimp sold. After searching on e-commerce platforms such as JD.com and Taobao, some businesses still sell white shrimp imported from Ecuador. When the reporter asked if the shrimp was safe, the customer service sent the relevant inspection report directly to the reporter and explained that the goods sold in the store had passed the quarantine. Detection, does not belong to the relevant batch. In an interview with reporters, the relevant person in charge of Jingdong Mall said that since mid-June, Jingdong has conducted batches of nucleic acid testing in the national fresh meat warehouses for meat and seafood products, and it has been fully exhausted. So far, hundreds of batches of product testing have been completed, covering white shrimp from Ecuador, and the relevant test results are 100% negative. At present, JD.com has launched a new round of nucleic acid detection for the white shrimp from Ecuador on the entire platform, including the content and outer packaging.
(Reporter Zhang Weina from Changjiang Daily)