Authorities in China found novel coronavirus on the imported squid packaging in Jilin province, health authorities in Fuyu city said Sunday, urging those who bought it to get tested.
Fuyu city’s health office said on its official WeChat account that one of the packages arrived in the city through the provincial capital Changchun.
People who had purchased and eaten the imported squid at the local Sanjia Deda frozen seafood wholesale shop Aug 24-31 were asked to report to authorities and get tested for COVID-19.
According to the Changchun COVID-19 prevention office, the squid was imported from Russia by a company in Hunchun city and was delivered to the provincial capital.
Customs in China said Friday imports from companies would be suspended for a week if the frozen food products tested positive for the new coronavirus and a month if a supplier of the products tested positive for a third time or more.
In August, Chinese authorities allegedly found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood from Dalian City.
The virus was allegedly found on the outer packaging of frozen seafood sold by three companies in Yantai, a port city in eastern Shandong province.
Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China
Last July, customs officers in Dalian, a major port in the northeastern province of Liaoning, announced that they had found a coronavirus on the packaging of frozen shrimps imported from Ecuador.
China subsequently suspended imports of three Ecuadorean shrimp producers.
Last month, the Chinese city of Shenzhen government said a sample of frozen chicken wings from Brazil tested positive for coronavirus.
The local disease control centers took samples from the surface of the frozen chicken wings from Brazil. They have been conducting routine screenings on imported seafood and meat products since a new outbreak in Beijing was linked to Shenzhen’s Xinfadi seafood market in June.