Reports say that out of the 4,836 boxes of COVID-19 contaminated ice cream produced by the company, 2,089, boxes have been sealed away. From the remaining 2,747 boxes, 935 boxes entered the market in Tianjin and only 65 were sold to markets.
Authorities advice residents who may have bought the product to report their health and physical movements to those in their communities.
The Tianjin Centre for Disease Control directed the company’s 1,662 employees to undergo nucleic acid testing and then quarantine. All of the other products of the company have been sealed and contained.
The company used raw materials imported from outside the country, including milk powder from New Zealand and whey powder from Ukraine. But, Dr. Stephen Griffin, a virologist from University of Leeds, UK, suggests that it is likely that the virus has come from a person and that this is not a cause for panic.
"Of course, any level of contamination is not acceptable and always a cause for concern, but the chances are that this is the result of an issue with the production plant and potentially down to hygiene at the factory,” says Griffin.
He explained that the fat content and cold storage temperature of the ice cream could be a reason for the virus to survive this long. "We probably don't need to panic that every bit of ice cream is suddenly going to be contaminated with coronavirus,"he said.
Market regulation authorities in other provinces where the ice cream was sent have been informed of the situation to make tracing possible.
Source-Medindia
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