Home  Contact Us
  Follow Us On:
 
Search:
Advertising Advertising Free Newsletter Free E-Newsletter
NEWS

China's largest wholesale market suspends sales, storage of frozen goods
Published on: 2020-11-27
Share to
User Rating: / 0
PoorBest 

China's biggest wholesale food market has suspended the sale and storage of chilled and frozen meat and seafood as the government ramps up inspections of cold-chain goods after several new cases of coronavirus infections.
 

The Xinfadi market in Beijing, which was at the centre of an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital in June, has disposed of products and disinfected over a hundred cold storage units and shut down their power.
 

Although Beijing has had no recent locally transmitted infections involving the market or cold-chain food products, the move comes after several handlers of imported frozen food in the cities of Qingdao and Tianjin contracted the virus in recent months.
 

Market authorities will also conduct daily checks for the virus at warehouses and cold-storage facilities for fruits and vegetables.
 

The market, a complex of warehouses and trading halls spanning an area the size of nearly 160 soccer pitches, can trade 1,500 tonnes of seafood, 18,000 tonnes of vegetables and 20,000 tonnes of fruit on a daily basis, according to its website.
 

China has ramped up testing of frozen foods after saying it has repeatedly discovered the coronavirus on imported products and their packaging, triggering large-scale testing of food and staff, the suspension of certain imports and disruptions to trade flows.
 

Separately, a recent outbreak of more than 400 coronavirus cases in the northwestern region of Xinjiang has been traced back to cargo containers, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Wednesday.
 

北京新发地市场暂停水产冻品销售储存

为加强疫情防控,按国家相关部门要求,北京新发地市场无条件对水产、冰鲜、冻货、冷藏肉类、海产品等全部进行清理,对清理完的冷库及时进行消杀和断电。新发地市场工作人员将对蔬菜、水果类的储藏库和冷库,做好登记和查验,新鲜猪肉交易不受影响。

Comments (0)Add Comment

Write comment

security code
Write the displayed characters


busy
    Subscription    |     Advertising    |     Contact Us    |
Address: Magnetic Plaza, Building A4, 6th Floor, Binshui Xi Dao.
Nankai District. 300381 TIANJIN. PR CHINA
Tel: +86 22 23917700
E-mail: webmaster@businesstianjin.com
Copyright 2024 BusinessTianjin.com. All rights reserved.