Smuggled human cells, belonging to the unquarantined special goods, may carry pathogens, there is a biosafety risk, so all the human cells have been destroyed according to law. Shanghai authorities have also officially opened a case against the shipment.
Human cells are the basic material for biomedical and bioscience research, and because of their special characteristics, human cells are also special items that need to be inspected for biological immunity, and also need to meet biological immunity and safety requirements during packaging and transportation. The human cells intercepted in Shanghai this time did not undergo safety and epidemic prevention inspection, and the packaging and transportation did not meet the safety standards, in order to ensure safety, this shipment will be destroyed.
1, the intercepted human cells, hidden in the culture medium cargo:
Shanghai Customs, in the process of cargo inspection, found a batch of cold chain cargo called laboratory culture medium, in the process of cargo inspection, it was found that 247 human cells were trapped in the cargo, which was not recorded, and did not undergo systematic security checks, which is illegal smuggling.
After verification, the shipment belonged to a biotechnology company in Shanghai, and since 2020, it has been frequently found that people have used similar means to illegally entrap human cells into the country, and Shanghai anti-smuggling authorities have opened a case for investigation.
2, smuggled into the country products, has a security risk:
With more and more exchanges in the world, we can get a lot of goods from abroad through various ways, but on the earth, different regions have different environments, smuggled goods if carrying pathogenic bacteria, or entrapment of other organisms, it is easy to occur security risks, leading to the occurrence of biological invasion.
Many parts of the world suffer from biological invasions, which can travel halfway across the globe to another country, often because of smuggling into the country.
This year, the new "Biosecurity Law" was formally implemented, the entry and exit of people, means of transportation, goods, etc., have more systematic requirements, illegal smuggling of all kinds of behavior into the country, will also be dealt with according to law!