On January 7, the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for the Covid-19 Epidemic of the State Council issued the work plan for inspection and preventive disinfection of imported high-risk non-cold chain container cargo, this scheme is applicable to the detection and preventive disinfection of the high frequency contact parts such as the outer package, the inner wall of the container and the door handle of the high risk non-cold chain containers imported from high risk countries. Waterway transport is only applicable to the import of container goods from cold countries or regions and the whole route of transport temperature is low.

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On January 7, the National Health Commission announced 15 kinds of "three novel foods" including 3 kinds of novel food ingredients (cicada flower fruiting bodies, sodium hyaluronate, and Kefiranofaciens), 5 kinds of novel food additives (β-amylase, nitrous oxide, vitamin K2, ghatti gum, and sodium alginate), 7 kinds of novel food-related products (1,3,5-Tris (2,2-dimethylpropanamido) benzene, C.I. Pigment Red 101, Magnesium Hydroxide…).

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On January 14, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the import and export situation for the whole year of 2020. At the meeting, Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs and Director of the Statistical Analysis Department, stated that the national customs strictly follow the overall deployment of the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism to increase the quarantine of imported cold chain foods to prevent the risk of COVID-19 epidemic being introduced through imported cold chain foods. As of 24:00 on January 13, a total of 1,295692 samples were sampled and tested by customs, and 47 nucleic acid positive results were detected, and the other samples were all negative.

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