COVID-19 UPDATE 28th August 2020 You are receiving the COVID-19 Recovery Update as you have subscribed to the STAG mailing list. This update is produced for Australian seafood exporters, containing important updates and informal translations of news from Asian and foreign media. Any information provided as part of this service is general in nature. Before acting on any information provided, you should consider its appropriateness to your circumstances and business objectives. COVID updates from key markets Below are a series of media articles on the latest COVID-19 situations in our key markets as reported to the STAG. Note: If foreign articles are opened in Chrome, they can be automatically translated China 1. Ten Shenzhen Hema fresh stores are back to normal operations. Reports on COVID-19 tests carried out on products will be released to the public to ensure food safety. Only one store remains closed as a member of staff has tested positive. http://www.yutainews.com/qyjj/2020/0826/17777.html 2. Shenzhen has completed 850,000 sample tests on frozen food and staff and the results are all negative. Imported food is declared safe and the relative departments will keep monitoring all markets, supermarkets, fresh food stores and relative companies to ensure food and environmental safety. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BjrTw-Ze9Fz1EDb3ZcwVQA 3. Market regulators of Guangdong Province initiated a public conference to report that all Hema fresh food stores have been deep cleaned. Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan’s stores are back to normal operations based on negative test results. Every batch of imported frozen meat and aquatic products stored in 5,068 farmers' markets, 4,113 cold warehouses and 77 cold chain transportation enterprises will be inspected, then inspected again before entering storage and all packaging will be deep cleaned. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/rQKZPthlv_65-Vsi4hb4RQ Hong Kong 1. A COVID-19 case was confirmed yesterday by Hong Kong University. A patient who had recovered from COVID-19 has been infected again. http://www.chinanews.com/jk/2020/08-26/9275085.shtml Japan 1. Tough times for Tokyo, the world's dining capital https://www.japantimes.co.jp/podcast/episode-61-tough-times-tokyo-worlds-dining-capital/? Other 1. COVID-19 might be able to travel on food, preliminary study results indicate 2. IFAM airfreight service provider update Air New Zealand and United Airlines have joined the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) airfreight service provider panel. Both airlines will be supporting new flights to the USA. Visit the IFAM webpage for more information or visit the IFAM Flight Schedule Outbound and IFAM Flight Schedule Inbound 3. The European Union will immediately eliminate its tariffs on imports of U.S. live and frozen lobster products, according to an announcement from the United States Trade Representative’s office. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/eu-drops-tariffs-on-us-lobster? STAG Bulletins are available at http://www.seafoodtradeadvisory.com STAG COVID-19 UPDATES are a resource for Australian seafood exporters.The Seafood Trade Advisory Group receives funds from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation plans, invests in and manages fisheries research and development throughout Australia. It is a statutory authority within the portfolio of the federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, jointly funded by the Australian Government and the fishing industry. |