FACTBOX-China suspends meat imports from various origins amid COVID-19 pandemic


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(Adds more plants banned in table, updates paragraphs 2 and 3) BEIJING, July 6 (Reuters) - China has banned meat imports from various processing plants in several countries in the past month, a customs document showed, as the global coronavirus pandemic hit the world's top meats processors. China most recently banned imports from two more Brazilian pork processing plants and a pork plant owned by German meat producer Westfleisch, according to a list on the website of the General Administration of Customs, updated over the weekend. The move comes as COVID-19 infections have reached more than 11.35 million globally, with...