Source: FOOD PROCESSING, 1/25/21


China’s restrictions on imports of frozen food, due to fears of the coronavirus being imported in food or on its packaging, are getting pushback from foreign suppliers who say it amounts to a restriction on trade. Chinese authorities have insisted for months that there is a danger of the coronavirus arriving in shipments of frozen food. It has imposed elaborate testing protocols that have lengthened the time it takes to clear incoming shipments from a week to a month. 

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