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    Ice cream from China contaminated with coronavirus: report

    TIANJIN, China - Three samples of ice cream from a Chinese company tested positive for COVID-19, and thousands of boxes of the dessert have been confiscated as a result.

    The contaminated ice cream caused Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company to dump 2,089 boxes of the product, although officials believe more than double that amount -- 4,836 boxes -- has been contaminated, Sky News reported.

    More than half the total boxes had already been distributed for sale when the positive tests were discovered. Market regulation authorities in other provinces outside Tianjin where the ice cream was sent were notified of the issue, and customers who may have purchased the product are being told to report their health to community officials...

    Ice cream from China contaminated with coronavirus: report

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    I heard that Kiwi and oranges have also tested positive for C19.

    Does anyone test things and animal for regular flu viruses, I wonder. You know, so we have a sense of whether it's idiotic to see ice cream testing positive. And why in the world would they test ice cream anyway? What is going on here?

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    Let's send them a boat load of Ben and Jerry's. I'm sure they will have a crisis now.

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    I heard that Kiwi and oranges have also tested positive for C19.
    I wouldn't think a live virus could survive for long on unrefrigerated items but it seems plausible that it could infect someone if the virus was frozen.

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    Officials believe the coronavirus was able to survive in the ice cream due to the cold temperature and was likely transferred from a person who had the disease...

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    I have never heard that you can get Covid-19 from food

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    Again, we need to totally shut out China! We need NOTHING from them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezekiel 33 View Post
    Again, we need to totally shut out China! We need NOTHING from them!
    True, but to bring back all the manufacturing that we sourced offshore will take at least 4-5 years. Realistically, we can't shut them off completely.

    Also, they have cornered the market on a number of precious metals used in all our electronics - from automotive controls to computers and cell phones. Even now, automotive production is dropping off because China is holding these items back.

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