Even if the links are unclear, the Chinese government has stepped up checks on frozen meat and seafood imports, testing hundreds of thousands of frozen packages for the virus. Whenever the virus has been detected on frozen packages, China has suspended imports from that particular company for at least a week. Last week, three frozen cuttlefish packages imported from a Kolkata-based company tested positive for the coronavirus. State media reports said that wasn’t the first time that frozen food imported from India was found to have the virus upon reaching China. Since June, more than 10 provinces and cities, including Beijing, Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi, have discovered coronavirus-positive samples taken from imported frozen food or food packaging.

Source: Hindustan Times November 18, 2020 08:18 UTC