Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Macau on Saturday placed a ban on imports from a Taiwanese company after traces of the COVID-19 virus were detected in its shipment of mangoes, the second such ban in two days.
Macau on Saturday placed a ban on mango imports from a Taiwanese company after traces of the COVID-19 virus were allegedly detected in a shipment, the second such ban in two days.
The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau placed a one-week suspension on the unnamed company’s imports after samples collected from external packaging of its products allegedly tested positive for the nucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2.
The batches of mangoes from which the samples were collected have been destroyed, the bureau said, adding that the ban is “aimed at protecting Macau residents instead of targeting specific countries or regions.”
However, there is “currently no evidence
VIRUS TRACES: Macau is not following international standards, with the WHO saying that COVID-19 cannot be transmitted on packaging, the Council of Agriculture said/ Staff Writer, with CNA
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) urged Macau on Friday to provide scientific evidence after the Chinese special administrative region (SAR) placed a ban on imports from a Taiwanese company after traces of the COVID-19 virus were detected in its shipment of mangoes.