AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityAll

Date20/10/2020

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport ban

DescriptionRequested foreign meat suppliers to suspend cold-chain food product exports, including meat, when COVID-19 cases are detected among plant workers. Under the rules, the first two positive findings of COVID-19 cases among plant workers lead to one week-long suspensions, but the next two would trigger suspensions lasting one month. During the past few months, almost 50 establishments have had to temporarily halt shipments to China under this rule, although exports from 18 of these have since resumed. Plants involved are from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Panama, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay.