According to the monthly notice of unqualified foods and cosmetics by GAC,144 batches of imported foods and 15 batch of imported cosmetics were found unqualified and refused for entry in December 2020.

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On January 21, the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice on preventing the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza from Senegal into China, banning the direct or indirect import of poultry and related products from Senegal. The delivery or importation of poultry and their products from Senegal is prohibited. This Announcement shall come into effect as of the date of promulgation.

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On the afternoon of January 20, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. At the meeting, Feng Zijian, deputy director of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said “Since 2020, many people exposed to cold chain items have been infected. We have indeed isolated live viruses from cold chain items, especially some imported frozen seafood products and their outer packaging. This proved that these live viruses on the surface of contaminated objects can cause human infection and have a certain degree of transmission. After that, we have strengthened the testing of imported items, especially cold chain products, and personnel protection and health monitoring have been further strengthened. Later, some other non-frozen items were found to be contaminated by viruses. Especially in the winter, the external environment temperature is very low. Such an environment is similar to the cold chain environment and can also cause the viruses to live longer on the surface of the object and lead to the infection of people who contact with these items.

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On January 20, 2021, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against an Indonesian enterprise and a Chilean enterprise, due to the positive nucleic acid test of COVID-19 in a sample of one batch of frozen hairtail imported from Indonesia, and a sample of one batch of frozen king crab imported from Chile. The national customs suspended the acceptance of Indonesian aquatic product manufacturer PT.CITA KARYA AGUNG (Registered number: CR 706-02) and Chilean manufacturer SOC PESQUERA REYMAR Y COMPANIA LIMITADA (Registered number: 12080) import declaration for one week from January 20. Product declaration will resume automatically after expiration.

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