BEIJING: China banned imports from a top US poultry producer and ordered a Beijing Pepsi factory to close on Sunday as authorites clamped down on food production and distribution amid a new coronavirus cluster in the capital.
Imports of frozen chicken from Tyson Foods have been"temporarily suspended", the General Administration of Customs said, after a virus outbreak was found at one of the company's production facilities in the US.Products from the firm that have already arrived in China will be confiscated, the statement said.
The market supplies more than 70 per cent of Beijing's fresh produce and has been closed, with officials on Friday advising citizens to dispose of frozen seafood and bean products bought there. Authorities are targeting those who work in restaurants, supermarkets, markets and food delivery couriers for testing, according to Gao Xiaojun of the Beijing Municipal Helth Commission.
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