According to the regulations of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), if the COVID-19 nucleic acid test of a company's imported cold chain food is positive, the customs will suspend the acceptance of the company's imports for one week or one month. Foodmate has compiled a list of companies from various countries whose imports have been suspended in April 2021 for your reference.

Generally, there are 11 companies were announced by GACC in March, which covers 9 countries. Among them, 2 Russian companies and 2 US companies were temporarily banned by GACC.


From the perspective of food types, only 1 batch of chicken products were inspected positive for COVID-19 nucleic acid, which came from U.S. manufacturers. Other products were all frozen seafood.

Foodmate reminds related manufacturers to do a good job in sanitation and disinfection to avoid unnecessary losses.

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