Under the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, a press conference was held on June 25 to introduce the safety of cold-chain food and food in autumn and winter. The main content includes: at present the sampling positive mainly concentrates in the outer packing, with the positive rate of 0.48 per ten thousands; Strengthen regular nucleic acid testing of relevant employees; the temperature of sea, land and air transport in winter are as cold chain, which should be strengthened protection and detection.

“At present, many countries are in the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, and the surfaces of various objects, including food and their outer packaging, may be contaminated by the virus." Li Ning, deputy director of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, said that the COVID-19 virus survives under low temperature conditions. Therefore, imported cold-chain food and its outer packaging may become carriers of spread across borders. China has increased the detection of COVID-19 nucleic acid for imported cold chain food and its outer packaging.

Employees who import cold chain food have a higher risk of infection. Li Ning suggested that high-risk employees who need to repeatedly come into contact with imported cold-chain food must wear work clothes, masks and gloves, and goggles and face screens should be worn when necessary. During the entire handling process, the skin should be prevented from contacting the surface of the products, and the mouth, eyes, and nose should not be touched before taking off the work clothes and washing hands. In addition, regular nucleic acid testing for imported cold chain food workers must be strengthened.

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