China has suspended frozen seafood imports from a Norwegian company for a week after tests for COVID-19 came back positive on the packaging of its seafood.
The General Administration of Customs of China on Wednesday announced that customs authorities across the country have suspended the acceptance of imports of aquatic products from a Norwegian company named GadusNjord for one week. Acceptance of imports will resume automatically upon expiration.
Concerns over imported infections through frozen seafood or its packaging rose again after the official announcement. Residents in Beijing are particularly wary after a resurgence that lasted about two months when coronavirus was found on a board used for chopping imported salmon at the Xinfadi food market.
From July to mid-August, 10 cases in nine places reported positive tests for COVID-19 on imported frozen seafood or its packaging, 70 percent of which were related to frozen white shrimp from South America.