Macao suspends imports of Taiwanese mango

Published Jul 1, 2022

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Macao has suspended mango imports from Taiwan for a week after traces of the coronavirus were detected on the fruit. The decision was made following positive tests on samples of the fruit, leading to the destruction of 20 boxes of contaminated mangoes. However, Taiwan's council of agriculture maintains that there is no evidence to support the idea that food or fruit can transmit the coronavirus. This suspension is the third such ban by China on food imports from Taiwan in recent weeks.

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Macao has suspended mango imports from Taiwan after detecting traces of coronavirus on the fruit. The suspension prohibits imports with “the same origin” as the contaminated mangos for one week beginning Thursday, June 30. It isn’t clear how Macao is defining the mangos’ origin. Government officials from the Chinese special administrative region say they made the decision after samples taken from the fruit tested positive. They also sealed and destroyed 20 boxes of the affected mango, weighing a total of 100 kilograms. Taiwan’s council of agriculture says there is nothing to show that food or fruit is a source of transmission of coronavirus. They’re calling on Macao’s authorities ...

Source: Rti