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China bans Conarpesa subsidiary temporarily after COVID detected on shrimp packaging

Argentina's Agropez, a subsidiary of Conarpesa, has been banned from selling into China for one week after traces of coronavirus were found on a package of frozen red shrimp

By Cyrus Chan | May 4, 2021 18:31 BST
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Agropez, a subsidiary of Conarpesa, one of Argentina's largest shrimp exporters, has been banned from China after traces of COVID-19 were found on packages of frozen Argentine red shrimp, according to customs officials [...]

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