Ecuador quashes COVID-19 shrimp link as talks to lift Chinese suspensions continue

Traces discovered on outer packaging could have been transmitted from a number of external sources, trade body boss told IntraFish.

Jose Antonio Camposano, president of Ecuador's National Chamber of Aquaculture is certain that producers have no case to answer after traces of coronavirus were found on outer packaging of Ecuadorian shrimp products shipped in containers. — Jose Antonio Camposano, president of Ecuador's National Chamber of Aquaculture is certain that producers have no case to answer after traces of coronavirus were found on outer packaging of Ecuadorian shrimp products shipped in containers.Photo: CNA

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Ecuador China COVID-19 Farmed shrimp Camara Nacional de Acuacultura (CNA)

Published 16 July 2020, 16:48Updated 17 July 2020, 10:01