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Seafood import checks for COVID ‘necessary and rational’, says Chinese gov’t official

The benefits are consumer confidence in seafood products, market stability and wider economic growth, said Ma Hongtao at a webinar for the seafood industry

By Louis Harkell | Jan. 7, 2021 10:31 GMT
Ma Hongtao, director general of Agricultural Trade Promotion Center of China’s Ministry of Agriculture.
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A Chinese government official said stringent checks on imported food products are "costly" but "necessary and rational" with the wider benefits being market stability and consumer confidence in seafood.   [...]

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