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(Fight against neo-coronary pneumonia) Wuhan strictly implements the strictest management of the “red zone” of imported food from the cold chain.
China News Service, Wuhan, November 17 (Reporter Zhang Qin) The Wuhan Municipal People’s Government Information Office held a press conference on the prevention and control of the Wuhan epidemic in autumn and winter in the afternoon of 17. The journalist learned from the meeting that the city currently implements the strictest management of the “red zone” on imported food from the cold chain. Frozen and refrigerated seafood and meat products imported after the end of June 2020 must verify the “two certificates and one report” (Customs clearance) Certificate, quarantine certificate and novel coronavirus nucleic acid test report) , and specialization in the handling of imported cold chain foods.
Since June, more than 10 provinces in China have tested positive for the novel coronavirus nucleic acid in imported food or packaging from the cold chain, which has become the leading cause of repeated epidemics in individual regions. On November 12, the Wuhan Municipal Department of Disease Control and Prevention found that 3 samples of beef imported from Brazil tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the “Central Reserve Meat Cold Storage Directly Under China Food Wuhan Cold Storage Logistics Co., Ltd. ” (hereinafter “Wuhan Sino Food Cold Storage”). The goods involved have not entered the market.
According to Zheng Yun, deputy director of the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, three samples of Brazilian beef were found to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus nucleic acid. The city of Wuhan sealed all the frozen products involved and carried out a complete environmental eradication. There were 200 environments in the Wuhan Zhongshi cold storage. Nucleic acid test results for the sample and its 112 employees were negative.
In this regard, He Zhenyu, deputy director and chief physician of the Wuhan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believes that in the epidemic situation, cold chain logistics is accompanied by a potential risk of infection, But with the improvement of prevention and control measures, the border advances and the tests are expanded. , The entire process and the entire chain are controlled and disinfected, and the risk of epidemics caused by cold chain foods can be completely eliminated in the bud.
Regarding the question of whether imported food from the cold chain can be consumed, He Zhenyu said that research and existing prevention and control practices show that COVID-19 is not a foodborne illness and is not have found infections caused by ingestion of food. Consumers have a very low risk of infection. However, all imported cold chain food must be fully sanitized before entering the sales link to minimize the risk of the novel coronavirus being imported through imported cold chain food.
According to the “Guidelines for the prevention and control of novel coronavirus in imported cold chain food in Wuhan”, Wuhan currently adopts special zones for cold chain food from warehouse, transportation, storage and circulation in accordance with high-risk standards for frozen and cold chain foods entering the city. , Specialized warehouses and personnel dedicated to the management and control of the “red zone”, to achieve full coverage of food sampling, complete sample testing, complete packaging and full traceability of merchandise. At present, the source of imported cold chain foods entering Wuhan can be verified, their whereabouts can be traced, and risks can be controlled. (End up)
(Editor-in-charge: Wang Huimian)
