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China has claimed that it found Covid-19 in food products imported from New Zealand.
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Trials were conducted on beef and tripe products that had reached a city in Shandong province. Source: Breakfast
But speaking at the TVNZ1 breakfast today, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is investigating the report after she was “informed that it is not our problem.”
“We have been informed that it is Argentine beef, so we are trying to get to the bottom of what has been reported there as we speak, but rest assured that we will continue to do so. But up to this point I have been informed that it is not our meat. Otherwise we will continue working on that. “
China has made similar detections before in other countries, as it stepped up testing on frozen goods in a bid to prevent Covid-19 from entering the country.
China has now suspended imports of frozen products from some countries with coronavirus clusters. New Zealand is not on that list at this stage.
The World Health Organization has consistently said that the risk of contracting Covid-19 from frozen packaging is low.
The global Covid-19 outbreak originated in Wuhan, China. A person is believed to have contracted the virus from an animal at a city market.
