'Share the results': China faces backlash for unproven COVID-19 tests on food imports

In August, Brazilian officials travelled to the city of Shenzhen after Chinese authorities said they found traces of the virus on chicken wings from their country . Local authorities could not provide information on whether they had found the active virus or not, the Brazilian agriculture ministry said. In its response at the WTO, China said its actions were “provisional based on scientific basis” and designed to “protect people’s lives to the maximum extent”. China has pointed to its Centre for Disease Control’s isolation of live coronavirus from samples on imported frozen cod, a world-first, as proof that COVID-19 can…