(Adds latest developments from Dec. 16)
BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) - China has ramped up testing of frozen foods after saying it discovered the coronavirus on imported products and
their packaging.
Below is a timeline of the coronavirus China says was found on imported frozen food or packaging in various parts of the country from different
origins.
Date Product Origin Location Found On Notes Link
Dec.20 Beef Argentin Zhongmu in Outer The product was imported into Qingdao, news agency Xinhua reported bit.ly/3aw6SAX
a Henan Packaging , Inner wall of container
Dec.19 Caroun croaker India Shenyang in Outer bit.ly/2KNfB7m
Liaoning Packaging
Dec.17 Beef Brazil Chongqing Outer The beef was imported into Shanghai and then sent to Chongqing bit.ly/3gVthck
Packaging
Dec.17 Beef Brazil Anshan in Outer bit.ly/3nuoiBK
Liaoning Packaging
Dec.17 Whitemouth Argentin China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from Cooperativa de Trabajo Espejo de bit.ly/3mv6sNN
croaker a Packaging Mar Limitada for one week.
Dec.16 Hairtail fish Myanmar Wuxi in Outer bit.ly/3r2iwJX
Jiangsu Packaging
Dec.16 Chuzhou in The local government tested Cargill's 2,712 employees, and 423 bit.ly/3muc9vr
Anhui samples from raw material, production lines, and cold chain transfer
car etc. All the results were negative.
Dec.15 Chicken Leg China Chuzhou in Outer Chuzhou city said the domestically produced chicken had been bit.ly/3muc9vr
Anhui Packaging processed by Cargill but later removed the news item from its Weibo
page.
Dec.15 Pig's ear United Wuxi in The city did not say if the virus was found on the product packaging bit.ly/34k1Bst
States Jiangsu or the product itself. The producer was Premium Iowa Pork, LLC.
Dec.15 Beef Argentin Chongqing Outer bit.ly/3aguvxm
a Packaging
Dec.13 Pork Argentin Tianjin Outer The product reached Tianjin port on Nov.11, news agency Xinhua bit.ly/3qXtNuZ
a Packaging reported.
Dec.13 Red Salmon Russia China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from Vostok-ryba Co.,Ltd for one bit.ly/2LFUa8J
Packaging week.
Dec. 11 Boneless Beef Brazil China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from NATURAFRIG ALIMENTOS LTDA and bit.ly/3oJYZf4
Packaging PLENA ALIMENTOS S/A for one week.
Dec.9 Boneless Beef Brazil Nantong in Outer The Brazilian beef tested positive in Wuxi city was distributed in bit.ly/374fkVW
Jiangsu Packaging Nantong’s markets, and consumers who bought the beef are required to
get COVID tests.
Dec.9 Hefei in Hefei city requires consumers to register their real name when buying bit.ly/37327g9
Anhui imported cold-chain food, state-owned media Xinhua reported.
Dec.8 Hairtail fish India Hebi in Henan Outer bit.ly/3qGf5s1
Packaging
Dec.8 Silver white Pakistan China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from M/S OCEAN GOLD SEAFOOD for one bit.ly/3ouBOFC
croaker packaging week.
Dec.5 Boneless Beef Uruguay Wuhan in Packaging Beef exported by BREEDERS AND PACKERS URUGUAY S.A, state-owned news bit.ly/378arLL
Hubei agency Xinhua reported.
Dec.5 Pork Brazil Wuhan in Packaging Beef exported by SEARA ALIMENTOS LTDA, state-owned news agency Xinhua bit.ly/378arLL
Hubei reported.
Dec.5 Chicken wings Russia Zhengzhou in Inner bit.ly/3qAYHcr
Henan Packaging
Dec.5 Boneless Beef Brazil Wuxi in Outer Consumers who bought the beef tested negative for COVID. bit.ly/2IqYuHC
Jiangsu Packaging
Dec.4 Beef Argentin Heze in Outer The beef in Juye county in Heze city was exported from Argentina and bit.ly/39SplaU
a Shandong Packaging arrived at Shanghai Yangshan port, Xinhua reported.
Dec.3 Hairtail fish Thailand Houma in Outer bit.ly/3ondfdQ
Shanxi Packaging
Dec.3 Shrimp India China Customs Inner China customs suspended imports from B-one Business House Private bit.ly/3mGjEAm
Packaging Limited for one week.
Dec.3 Hairtail fish, Indonesi China Customs Outer Coronavirus found on one sample taken from the inner packaging of bit.ly/3qqjeAn
Fish paste a Packaging fish paste, other samples taken from outer packaging also positive.
, Inner Customs suspended imports from PT Cita Karya Agung and PT Starfood
Packaging International for one week.
Dec.3 Boneless Beef Argentin Jingmen in Outer Beef exported by Amancay S.A.I.C.A.F.I to Shanghai Yangshan port on bit.ly/3g6sNQ6
a Hubei Packaging Oct. 28 and then shipped to Zhengzhou city in Henan on Oct.30 and
stored in Duohui storage on Nov. 15.
Dec.2 Pork Brazil Yuhuan in On food Pork sold at the Chengguan Zhongxin farmer's market shipped from bit.ly/2Ie2F9A
Zhejiang Brazil and arrived at Shanghai Yangshan port on Sept. 28.
Nov.30 Boneless Beef Argentin China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from ECOCARNES S.A for one week. bit.ly/3qhKW2c
a Packaging
Nov. 28 Red king crab Chile China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from Chile company PESQUERA ISLA DEL bit.ly/3mnKGMB
Packaging REY S.A for one week.
Nov. 28 Cod Russia Dalian in Outer The goods were provided by Dalian Hongye Marine Product Limited bit.ly/3fO4174
Liaodong Packaging Company, state-owned news agency Xinhua reported.
Nov. 27 Pork Tangshan in Hebei
Nov.27 Basa fish Vietnam Wuhan in Outer Fish exported by DAI THANH SEAFOODS was shipped from Ho Chi Minh City bit.ly/3ml18gH
Hubei Packaging and reached Wuhan Yangluo water port on Sept. 7, and on Oct. 20 was
transported to Roulian storage.
Nov. 27 Boneless Beef Brazil Wuhan in Outer Beef exported by MARFRIG GLOBALFOODS S.A. from Brazil in early June bit.ly/3ml18gH
Hubei Packaging arrived at Shanghai Yangshan port on Aug. 26 and 29. They were then
shipped to Wuhan Yangluo water port on Sept. 12, 14, and 18 and
stored in Donghu Hi-Tech Zone.
Nov. 25 Xinfadi Xinfadi market in Beijing city suspended sales and storage of cold nL1N2IC00V
market in chain and aquatic products, state-owned media reported.
Beijing
Nov.25 Chinese government press Li Ning, deputy director at China National Center for Food Safety nL4N2IB2LH
conference Risk Assessment, said the risk to consumers of catching the
coronavirus from cold chain food products was very low and said
handlers who repeatedly came into contact with the outer packaging of
imported cold chain products were most at risk.
Nov.25 Shrimp Ecuador Huozhou in Outer bit.ly/2V2Icat
Shanxi Packaging
Nov.24 Pig Head North Tianjin A Tianjin health official said two confirmed cases in the northern nL1N2IA1LJ
America port city in November month had caught the coronavirus from pig heads
arriving from North America.
Nov.24 Beef Tangshan in Outer Tangshan government did not name where the beef was imported from, bit.ly/3l8QYOS
Hebei Packaging according to state-media reports
Nov.24 Shrimp Ecuador China Customs Outer China Customs suspended imports from Ecuadorian company ECUAJJLI bit.ly/3kWzaX9
Packaging CIA.LTDA. for one week
Nov. 21 Chicken wings Argentin Dongguan in Outer Chicken wings packaging from Argentina tested positive for the bit.ly/3kWzaX9
a Guangdong Packaging coronavirus, state-owned Xinhua reported.
Nov. 21 Chicken feet Russia Dongguan in Outer Chicken feet packaging from Russia tested positive for the bit.ly/2ISJeTr
Guangdong Packaging coronavirus, Xinhua reported.
Nov. 18 Beef Brazil Wuhan in Outer The goods involved were exported by FRIGOL S.A. bit.ly/3pDNyHg
Hubei Packaging
Nov. 18 Pomfret India Xiamen in Outer Xiamen has sealed frozen pomfret from the same batch of fish that had bit.ly/3fdXUZz
Fujian Packaging earlier tested positive in Fuzhou city.
Nov. 18 Boneless Beef Argentin Xiamen in Packaging bit.ly/38SOZLW
a Fujian
Nov. 18 Seafood Hebei Hebei, a province which neighbours Beijing, will from Nov 23 ban bit.ly/2IOKg3f
sales of imported frozen food from importers that don’t upload data
like source and flows into a tracing system, state media reported
Nov. 18 Aquatic Russia China Customs China customs stop accepting imports from a Russian fishing vessel bit.ly/38WlbOL
products Zaliv Vostok JSC for one week
Nov. 17 Pomfret India Fuzhou in Outer Indian pomfret tested positive, state-owned Xinhua reported. bit.ly/3lDzdZ9
Fujian Packaging
Nov.16 Pork Unknown Dali in Outer Pork was loaded at Shanghai's Yangshan port with some of it coming to bit.ly/3nxb0E8
Shaanxi Packaging Dali county while others to Xi'an and other locations.
Nov.16 Shrimp Saudi Mudanjiang in Packaging The frozen shrimp in Shenyang wholesale aquatic market in Mudanjiang bit.ly/38OQhHT
Arabia Heilongjiang was imported via Tianjin port, CCTV reported. The same batch of
frozen shrimp in Tianjin also tested positive.
Nov.16 Swordfish Malaysia Linyi in Food The fish was bought from an unnamed supplier in Fuzhou city in [nL1N2I208
Shandong Fujian. 3]
Nov.16 New New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said confident no meat products were [nL1N2I200
Zealand exported from the country with COVID-19, was seeking more information K]
from Chinese authorities.
Nov.16 Pork France Xiamen in Outer Unnamed supplier. [nL1N2I200
Fujian Packaging K]
Nov.15 Shanghai Shanghai city government said all imports of what it called bit.ly/3f7OP4y
"high-risk" imported cold-storage food would need to be tested for
coronavirus and have packaging disinfected before being stored or
sold in the city.
Nov.15 Pork Argentin Xi'an in Outer [nL1N2I106
a Shaanxi Packaging W]
Nov.14 Beef and tripe Brazil, Jinan in On beef, The goods involved were imported by a unit of Guotai International [nL1N2I200
Bolivia, Shandong tripe and Group and Shanghai Zhongli Development Trade K]
New their Zealand internal and outer packaging
Nov.14 Seafood Unknown Jining in Packaging bit.ly/36Hb8dA
Shandong
Nov.13 Pork Argentin Zhengzhou in Outer The pork was loaded from Qingdao part, Balong cold storage. [nL8N2I007
a Henan Packaging 8]
Nov.13 Shrimp Saudi Lanzhou in Packaging The shrimp passed through Tianjin port customs. It was bought by bit.ly/3f5giDX
Arabia Gansu Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products Co Ltd, entered the country on
Oct. 21 and reached Lanzhou on Nov. 8.
Nov.13 Cuttlefish India Outer China customs said it would suspend imports from India's Basu [nL4N2HY2B
Packaging International for one week. H]
Nov.12 China's National Health Commission tightened restrictions requiring [nL1N2HZ1I
"full coverage" testing and disinfection of imported food products, 8]
following a smattering of positive samples detected on beef, pork and
seafood. The country has suspended imports of 99 suppliers from 20
countries.
Nov.12 Boneless beef Brazil Wuhan in Outer The beef exporter was Marfrig Global Foods S.A. in Várzea [nL1N2HY2X
Hubei Packaging Grande. Brazilian government notified about the issue by Chinese 8]
authorities. Marfrig's Várzea Grande facility had been previously
suspended by China over coronavirus concerns. The ban, dating from
Sep. 22, was lifted on Oct. 23.
Nov.12 Beef Argentin Outer Argentine authorities said they had been informed about an alleged bit.ly/38QnFOE
a Packaging finding by China of traces of COVID-19 on the external packaging of a
shipment of the South American country's beef. Senasa, the Argentine
government food safety body said that the meat in the packaging met
all sanitary standards and that it is the first time that a case of
this type had been registered with an Argentine product. Argentina
and China have a previous agreement that if a case of COVID-19 is
registered in an Argentine plant, it would halt shipments and request
to be suspended by Beijing from the list of companies authorized to
export to China until Senasa and then the Asian country had
authorized the plant's reinstatement.
Nov.10 Pomfret Indonesi China Customs Outer China customs suspended imports from PT Anugrah Laut Indonesia for [nL4N2HU06
a Packaging one week R]
Nov.8 Pork Germany Tianjin Packaging Tianjin started testing cold storage food sites after a staff who [nL4N2HU06
handled the frozen pork tested positive. R]
Nov.7 Hairtail fish India Taiyuan in Outer Frozen beltfish imported into Tianjin from India had tested positive [nL1N2HM08
Shanxi Packaging for the virus, state media reported. 0]
Oct.31 Pork Brazil Weihai in Packaging Unknown supplier company [nL1N2HM04
Shandong 3]
Oct.31 Fish Ecuador China Customs Outer China customs suspended imports from FIREXPA S.A., an Ecuadorian [nB9N2BH01
Packaging seafood product manufacturer, for one week. 5]
Oct.28 Aquatic Russia Shandong Outer China customs suspended accepting products from three Russian fishing [nB9N2BH01
products Packaging vessels for a week. 5]
Oct.28 Aquatic Netherla Shandong Outer China customs suspended accepting products from one warehouse in the bit.ly/35EFluB
products nds Packaging Netherlands for a week .
Oct.1 Boneless beef Brazil China Customs Outer China stopped accepting import applications from Brazilian company [nB9N2GK00
Packaging Minerva S.A for a week. V]
Sep.25 Hairtail fish Brazil Outer China stopped accepting import applications from Brazilian company [nL3N2GH06
Packaging Monteiro Industria de Pescados Ltd for a week from Sept 26. X]
Sep.20 Squid Russia Jilin in Packaging The Changchun COVID-19 prevention office said the squid had been bit.ly/38Mt4WV
Changchun imported from Russia by a company in Hunchun city and brought to the
provincial capital.
Sep.11 Chinese customs have said they will suspend imports from companies bit.ly/32QzYGB
for a week if frozen food products test positive, and for a month if
a supplier's products test positive for a third time or more.
Aug.13 White shrimp Ecuador Xian in Outer [nS0N2F003
Shaanxi Packaging 8][nS0N2EH 00K] [nL1N2FS16 B]
Aug.13 Chicken wings Brazil Shenzhen in Food and Chinese authorities identified a meat plant owned by Brazilian bit.ly/3pzynyM
Guangdong packaging unlisted company as the source of the chicken wings. Brazil said it
had not been officially notified and that it was seeking
clarification from Chinese authorities. Brazil later asked for proof
that chicken wings had coronavirus.
Aug.10 White shrimp Ecuador Wuhu in Anhui Outer CCTV reported that imported frozen shrimp from Ecuador at a bit.ly/3kAA9vP
Packaging restaurant in Wuhu city tested positive.
Jul.16 White shrimp Ecuador Yunnan Outer Producers included Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A, Empacreci bit.ly/2Iyve1J
Packaging S.A, Empacadora Del Pacifico Sociedad Anonima Edpacif S.A.
Jul.14 White shrimp Ecuador Chongqing Outer bit.ly/3pDus3V
Packaging
Jul.3 White shrimp Ecuador Xiamen in Outer Producers were Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A and Empacreci bit.ly/3pDus3V
Fujian Packaging S.A
Jul.3 White shrimp Ecuador Dalian in Outer Producer was Empacadora Del Pacifico Sociedad Anonima Edpacif S.A bit.ly/3pDus3V
Liaodong Packaging
(Reporting by Shivani Singh, Dominique Patton and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Rashmi Aich)
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