According to the information of food and cosmetics that have not been allowed to enter China from January to December 2020 released by the General Administration of Customs, Foodmate has made statistics on the situation of food that has not been allowed to enter China in 2020.In 2020, 2,001 batches of food were found to be unqualified under the safety and hygiene items and were not allowed to enter China, an increase of 12% over the 1,792 batches in 2019.Food that has not been allowed to enter the country has been returned or destroyed at the port.

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On the evening of January 23, CCTV's ‘News Investigation’ broadcasted "Cold Chain under the Epidemic", which answered many key questions related to the frozen food problem. Sun Xiaodong, deputy director of the Shanghai Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, “Don’t just look at food. The key is actually the cold chain, the process. The role of the cold chain may be even greater, which means the environment plays a greater role than the food itself. It is not that the food carries virus. The key is that the environment and packaging carry virus. Regarding the question that imported frozen foods can still be eaten or not, Zhang Wenhong said, "So far, no one has been infected because he bought some imported food."

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On January 26, the General Administration of Customs issued the Quantity of Trigger Levels of Two types of Agricultural Products imported from Australia in 2021, according to the government of the People's Republic of China free trade agreement with the Australian government and the General Administration of Customs announcement No. 207, 2019, China has imposed special safeguard measures on 8 types of agricultural products imported from Australia, including fresh and cold beef with bone, solid milk and cream of which fat content >1.5% without sugar or other sweet substance.

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On January 27, the General Office of the National Health Commission issued a notice for soliciting proposals for the establishment of national food safety standards in 2021, focusing on solving food safety problems that have been proven by food safety risk assessments. They will continue to promote the reassessment and revision of general standards for contaminant limits, pathogenic bacteria limits, use of food additives, and labeling in food, update the standards for inspection methods, and strengthen the connection between the establishment of standards and food safety risk monitoring and risk assessment. The deadline for submission is February 19, 2021.

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