COVID-19 In Food: Ice Cream Products Test Positive For Virus
01/16/21 AT 12:40 PM
A Chinese company has been forced to discard thousands of boxes of ice cream after three samples of the frozen treat tested positive for COVID-19.
On Friday, news broke that chocolate, strawberry, and taro ice cream produced by the Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company were contaminated with the coronavirus, Huff Post reports.
The contaminated batches of ice cream were produced using raw materials, including whey powder imported from Ukraine and milk powder imported from New Zealand.
Although 4,836 boxes are expected to be contaminated, the Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company has already sealed away 2,089 boxes of the COVID-19 positive ice cream, Sky News reports.