It is true that the imported frozen beef involved in the incident originated from Argentina.
On Dec. 4, the CDC in Dashiqiao, Yingkou, Liaoning Province, during routine nucleic acid testing of imported cold-chain goods that entered the region on Dec. 3, found that the outer packaging of Argentinean frozen beef taken from off-site by Yingkou Muyuan Meat Co.
Dashiqiao City coordinated to promote the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and economic and social development work command at the first time to start the emergency response to the relevant premises outside the environment, transportation equipment for comprehensive control and elimination; closed Yingkou Muyuan Meat Co., Ltd., sealing all the goods in the cold storage, the goods have not been out of the warehouse, and to carry out the traceability of the work;
Related information involving other provinces and cities have been transmitted horizontally; The implementation of closed-loop management and centralized medical observation of all relevant personnel who have been in contact with the goods, as of 1:00 on December 5, the results of nucleic acid tests are negative. Further information will be released to the community in a timely manner.
Extended information
Since the outbreak, cold chain foods involved in the outbreak include frozen scalloped fish, frozen shrimp, frozen beef, frozen pork, frozen pork elbow and frozen chicken wings. Among them, the importing countries with the highest number of positive detections are Ecuador, Brazil, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Argentina and Russia, in that order.
On Nov. 7, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (CCCFNA) released the "2020 China Imported Food Industry Report", which pointed out that the top five sources of food imports in China in 2019 were New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brazil. The top three in terms of imported food value are meat and products, aquatic and marine products and products, and dairy products in that order. The top three ports are Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenzhen.
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