After the mainland suspended the import of Taiwanese grouper , another aquatic product in Taiwan has experienced problems. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, revealed at a press conference on June 15 that the General Administration of Customs stated on June 10 that a batch of frozen white hairtail packaging samples exported to the mainland from Keelung Beidu Frozen Food Company in Taiwan tested positive for the new coronavirus. In order to ensure the health of mainland people, the General Administration of Customs has suspended the acceptance of import declarations for frozen products from Beidu for one week in accordance with relevant regulations. At the same time, we will strengthen the detection of new coronavirus nucleic acid in Taiwan’s imported cold chain products and their outer packaging.
Regarding the decision of the General Administration of Customs, Taiwan Beidu Company believes that there may be a problem in the supplier's processing of hairtail , and has launched an investigation into the incident to clarify the error link. However, Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture" is acting a bit rogue. Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture" responded on the 15th that there is currently no research to prove that the new coronavirus can be transmitted to humans through aquatic products, and it needs to ask the mainland to provide scientific evidence through relevant cross-strait platforms.
What a steal. The General Administration of Customs clearly stated that a sample of frozen white hairtail fish packaging was tested positive for COVID-19, but Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture" directly explained that water products do not infect people. It is true that aquatic products will not be infected with the new coronavirus, and it is true that the new coronavirus will not be transmitted to humans. However, there are many links in the process of fishing, slaughtering, and transportation of aquatic products that will be contaminated by the virus . In particular, aquatic products transmitted through the cold chain are more likely to be infected with the new coronavirus, because the virus survives for a long time in sub-zero environments, and these aquatic products contaminated by the new coronavirus have the risk of infection after being touched.
In the past two years, mainland China has repeatedly tested positive for the new coronavirus from imported cold chain food surfaces and packaging surfaces, indicating that the new coronavirus can spread over great distances. Some cases in mainland China have also confirmed that the new coronavirus can be transmitted through the cold chain. Previous waves of epidemics in Dalian were related to the processing workshops of seafood companies. Staff members were infected after coming into contact with imported cold chain seafood, and then infected their colleagues or family members, which once led to the spread of the epidemic.
In addition, the epidemic in Xinfadi, Beijing was caused by imported seafood and packaging contamination. A certain epidemic in Kashgar was also caused by the infection of stevedores in overseas contaminated containers. This evidence fully shows that the new coronavirus can be transmitted through items or the surface of items.
Since then, in order to ensure the life and health of the people, mainland China has increased testing efforts when importing cold chain products and other products. In order to prevent virus invasion, customs continues to take emergency defensive measures against cold chain products from many countries, including Vietnam, India, Russia, Argentina, the United States, South Korea, etc. Once the new coronavirus is detected on relevant products, product declarations by relevant companies will be suspended.
For example, in 2021, the General Administration of Customs tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid in 6 outer packaging samples of 5 batches of frozen vannamei shrimp imported from India. In addition to refusing to accept 1,000 containers of Indian shrimp, it also implemented a decision to suspend the import declaration of products for a week on many Indian aquatic product manufacturers.
Mainland China’s suspension of the import of any products is all for the sake of people’s health, rather than “deliberate suppression” as the Taiwan authorities say. In order to prevent the new crown epidemic, the Taiwan authorities may have no idea how much effort the mainland and its people have put in. After all, they do not even understand basic epidemic prevention common sense. After all, it is precisely because of their slackness that the number of confirmed cases and deaths in Taiwan remain high.
In fact, this incident can also reflect the nature of the out-of-control epidemic in Taiwan. Relevant departments do not pay attention, are disorganized, and shirk their responsibilities. How can they effectively prevent and control the epidemic? For example, Xu Rongbin, deputy director of Taiwan's "Prevention and Inspection Bureau", said when talking about this issue that the outer packaging will not be tested for the presence of the new coronavirus, and that frozen aquatic products are food and are under the control of the "Food and Drug Administration". However, "Director of Food and Drug Administration" Wu Xiumei said that the exported products are not under their control. He also admitted that no one had inspected the outer packaging in the past.
themselves are blaming each other and want to pass the blame to the mainland, which once again demonstrates the dual nature of the Taiwan authorities.For some time, the nature of Taiwan's double standards has been clear. When the mainland detects problems in agricultural and aquatic products, the Taiwan authorities are aggressive and even plan to buy and sell by force. When faced with doubts from Japan, Singapore, , New Zealand, and other countries, they apologized and compensated, showing their flattering nature. The mainland is Taiwan's largest import market. The Taiwan authorities' political intrigues will ultimately only lead to self-immolation.
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