Market watchdog orders suspension of frozen shrimp sales after coronavirus found
Product dates are checked.
A package is examined.
Shanghai's market watchdogs have ordered the immediate suspension of sales of frozen shrimp imported from three Ecuadorian producers after sample inspections showed coronavirus contamination.
The Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation said on Saturday that it has ordered district market watchdogs citywide to enhance inspections and checks of relevant import food companies, as well as food manufacturers, food wholesale markets, supermarkets, aquatic product dealers and central kitchens.
Sample tests will also be increased.
On Friday, the General Administration of Customs told a press conference that one sample, collected from the inner wall of a container carrying frozen white shrimp from Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A., and a product outer packing from both Empacreci S.A. and Empacadora Del Pacifico Sociedad Anonima Edpacif S.A. tested positive for the coronavirus.
Customs has ordered frozen shrimp produced by the three companies after March 12 to be returned or destroyed.
Inspections are rigorous.
