China suspends imports of meat and seafood? The Ministry of Commerce responded.

Recently, there is a view that the outbreak in Beijing is related to foreign imports of seafoodWill China suspend the import of cold-chain shipments of meat and fish seafood from countries with severe outbreaks?on June 18,, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce responded that increasing imports of food and agricultural products is an important part of China's active import policy and will control the quality and safety of imported food and agricultural products from the sourceIt is worth noting that Germany's largest meat processing plant recently outbreak of a concentrated new crown outbreak, China's customs issued a news suspension of related pork importsalso said that since the outbreak, Beijing has taken active measures to help Beijing stabilize the market supply of necessitiesBeijing will also launch a stock of porkRecently, in conjunction with the relevant departments, it has deployed the central reserve of 10,000 tons of pork, increased the supply of pork market, and continued to carry out the stock pork delivery in due coursesuspend imports of meat, fish, seafood, etc.? The Ministry of Commerce said the source controlthe outbreak in Beijing again, there is a view that foreign imports of seafood relatedWill China suspend the import of cold-chain shipments of meat and fish seafood from countries with severe outbreaks?at a regular online press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on June 18, the Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng responded that it will "control the quality and safety of imported food and agricultural products from the source to ensure the health and safety of Chinese consumers."."Increasing the import of food and agricultural products is an important part of China's active import policyImported food and agricultural products should comply with China's relevant inspection and quarantine regulationsWe will work with relevant departments to strengthen communication and coordination with relevant countries, from the source to control the quality and safety of imported food and agricultural products, to ensure the health and safety of Chinese consumers Peak said June 18, the official website of the General Administration of Customs announced that, june 11-17, 2020, the national customs imported meat, aquatic products, vegetables, fruits, aquatic animals, short-term or low-temperature transport of industrial products and other goods and their packaging and operating environment sampling to implement the new coronal pneumonia virus monitoring, a total of 32,174 samples, of which 8274 cargo samples, internal and external packaging samples 20833, environmental samples are negative Bai Ming, deputy director of the international market research department of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce of , told the Beijing Business Daily that it is necessary to adopt a prudent attitude when importing seafood in the context of further information, not for a specific country, but mainly for the health and safety considerations of Chinese consumers He suggested that when importing related products in China, we can pay attention to more and foreign quality inspection cooperation, and better do a good job of safety control at the source China's seafood imports have been huge in recent years, with imports of seafood soaring 44% to $11.9 billion in 2018 China's demand for imported seafood is expected to reach 10 million tons by 2020 Although this year's imports have been affected by the epidemic, according to the Statistics of the General Administration of Customs, in January-April this year, China's total imports of seafood reached 1.47 million tons, an increase of 4.5% over the same period last year, the amount reached 315.5899 million yuan Since the outbreak in Beijing again, various places have also focused on strengthening the management and health monitoring of people in and out of crowded public places such as seafood markets and farmers' markets, and conducted safety checks on imported seafood and meat to ease consumer concerns for Beijing vegetablemeat and fruit and other supply problems, peak introduction, at present, Beijing's general supply of necessities market, prices are basically stable On June 17, the average retail price of vegetables of key monitoring enterprises rose by 4.7% over the previous day, while the average retail price of pork was unchanged from the previous day, while the average retail price of beef, lamb and eggs rose by 0.3%, 0.4% and 0.7% respectively from the previous year The supply of rice, flour and cooking oil was stable, and the price changed little peak said that since the outbreak occurred, Beijing's first active response, the establishment of temporary trading venues, increase market supply, strengthen the direct procurement of production areas, the release of government reserves and other effective measures, timely fill the market gap, to ensure the overall stability of the supply of basic necessities in Beijing the Ministry of Commerce is also taking active measures to help Beijing stabilize the supply of basic necessities in the market Coordinate the surrounding provinces and cities to increase the supply of vegetables in Beijing Organization and coordination of Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other surrounding provinces and cities to increase supply security On June 15-16, Hebei Province has transferred 3,000 tons of vegetables to Beijing Beijing will also launch a stock of pork Recently, in conjunction with the relevant departments, it has deployed the central reserve pork 10,000 tons to increase the supply of pork market, and will continue to carry out the stock pork launch in due course according to the operation of the pork market .