Indonesian seafood exporter cleared by local authorities after China finds COVID-19 on packaging


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Salaam Gateway Share JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has concluded from its investigation of seafood company PT Putri Indah that it is ready to resume exports to China. The Chinese government through its General Administration of Customs (CGAC) halted imports on September 18 from six companies, including one from Indonesia, Putri Indah, for a week after it said it found their product packaging tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Widodo Sumiyanto, the head of Indonesia’s quality control and fisheries quarantine agency (BKIPM) told Salaam Gateway a team was deployed to investigate Putri Indah’s factory in Belawan...