The Center for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on Wednesday (6th) that since a mango sample imported from Taiwan was detected in Macau with the novel coronavirus, the center has immediately stepped up the testing of similar products and received a test report from the Department of Health today, stating that one The test results of surface samples of imported mangoes from Taiwan were positive. 33 boxes of mangoes weighing about 200 kilograms have been destroyed, and distributors were instructed to stop selling them and remove them from shelves.
In Taiwan, the Prevention and Inspection Bureau of the Council of Agriculture stated that it has not received a notification from the Hong Kong government and there is no scientific confirmation that it can be transmitted to humans through fruit, which is not in line with science.
The Bureau of Inspection and Quarantine said that the use of COVID-19 as a reason to affect international trade, from November 2020 onwards in the Food Safety Inspection and Animal and Plant Quarantine Measures (SPS) Committee of the World Trade Organization (WTO), there are Canada, the European Union, India , the United States and other countries have successively raised concerns about China, showing that China's measures are unreasonable.
According to the Bureau of Prevention and Inspection, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Press Release also stated that "2019 coronavirus is mainly transmitted through droplets, and the virus cannot be propagated in food or food packaging." 19 The approach of the virus contradicts the scientific basis.
The Bureau of Defense, Inspection and Quarantine calls on the Hong Kong authorities to adopt appropriate measures in accordance with international norms to ensure smooth trade. If it receives official information from Hong Kong, it will transfer it to the Ministry of Health and Welfare for investigation.
In addition, the Bureau of Prevention and Quarantine stated that according to Hong Kong regulations, mangoes exported from Taiwan to Hong Kong do not need to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, nor have they received a notification from the Hong Kong side. In addition, according to current scientific research, no COVID-19 virus has been found to be transmitted through fruits. Man, this measure is not scientific.
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