China's meat trade on Friday cheered the imminent end of testing and disinfecting chilled and frozen foods for COVID-19.
The State Administration for Market Regulation will stop testing chilled and frozen foods for COVID-19 from January 8, according to a notice seen by Reuters and confirmed by the agency.
It will also no longer require all imported chilled and frozen foods to enter centralised warehouses for disinfection and testing before they reach the domestic market.
The dropping of measures follows a similar announcement from the customs authority on Wednesday that it will stop testing cold-chain food arriving at the country's ports.
