China intensifies control of meat and seafood

16-Jun-2020 09:38 General, Foreign Market, Health Market in China intensifies control of meat and seafood The stricter checks are causing fears of possible delays in cargo handling or even temporary stops in imports. 0Save Several Chinese provinces are stepping up inspections of fresh and frozen meats and seafood, including imported products, after a new outbreak of coronavirus infections linked to the food market in Beijing. The stricter checks are causing fears of possible delays in cargo handling or even temporary stops in imports. China is the largest buyer of meat in the world, earning almost 4 million tonnes in the year to date. Beijing has registered 79 new cases of coronavirus in the past four days, the highest concentration of infections since February, the largest linked to Xinfadi, Asia's largest wholesale food market. Local media reports raised concerns that the production on the market could have been contaminated by the virus after it was found on a board used to ...