China blocks two foreign firms for COVID traces, also finds quality problems at home

Chinese Customs continue to test and detain containers of imported seafood after claiming to find traces of live strains of COVID-19 on seafood packaging. China’s customs authorities said COVID-19 had been found on packaging of ribbonfish shipped by Pakistani firm M/S Maritime Fisheries and on packaging of frozen squid shipped by Indonesian firm PT United Oceans Worldwide. Both firms will now be shut out of the Chinese market for a week. Domestically, China’s Agriculture Ministry has also…