Macau Finds No Imported Foods Contaminated With COVID

Macau has not found any imported foods contaminated with the COVID-19 virus after testing chilled and frozen foods and their packaging for the past year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report released Oct. 27. The process may have slowed certain customs procedures because inspection centers were required to sanitize packaging of imports and collect testing samples from random shipments, which could not be released until the results were available. Macau began testing its imports following reports that China detected COVID-19 on imported frozen foods in 2020. It’s unclear whether the island will continue checking imports for the virus.