A worker unloads boxes of imported frozen meat at a cold storage at Dalian port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 8, 2020. Since it resumed operation, the port has streamlined its cold chain operation attempting to achieve greater efficiency. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

 
Chinese Customs suspended import declarations of five cold-chain products from Indian and Indonesian suppliers for one week, according to a release by the General Administration of Customs on Thursday. Related emergency preventive measures have been initiated. 

Customs officials suspended import declarations from Indian seafood producer B-ONE BUSINESS HOUSE PVT.LT for one week after traces of coronavirus were detected in a sample of frozen white shrimp which originated from South America, according to a release by the General Administration of Customs.

The remaining instances of positive tests originated from Indonesia. Customs authorities suspended import declarations from two Indonesia seafood producers: PT.CITA KARYA AGUNG and PT.STARFOOD INTERNATIONAL following packaging on a batch of frozen hairtail and fish paste tested positive for COVID-19.

On Tuesday, Chinese Customs suspended import declarations from the Argentine beef producer Ecocarnes S.A for one week after coronavirus was detected on packaging for frozen deboned beef products, according to a release by the General Administration of Customs.

Global Times