China Announces More Suspensions of Meat Imports Due to Virus Concerns
China announced suspensions of meat imports from facilities in the United Kingdom and Brazil, the country’s General Administration of Customs said this week, according to an unofficial translation. The country also suspended meat imports from plants in Canada and Germany, a June 29 Bloomberg report said, adding to previous import suspensions from four Australian exporters (see 2005130013) and a U.S.-based Tyson Foods plant (see 2006220023). The restrictions come amid growing Chinese fears of virus-contaminated agricultural imports (see 2006230012 and 2006290009).
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In notices, China’s customs authority said both the U.K. and Brazilian plants “voluntarily suspended” pork and beef exports, respectively. China said the U.K. company, Tulip, and the Brazilian beef company, Agroindustrial de Alimentos S.A., suspended the shipments due to coronavirus outbreaks at the facilities.