China loses appetite for salmon, seafood on virus contamination worries

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China's appetite for salmon and other seafood crashed this month, after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - China's appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month, after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market in the capital.

"I will wait till the origin of this new wave of virus is clear," the 40-year-old said."Maybe I overreacted, but who knows? I don't want to risk the health of my family." Panic about the virus has extended to other farm products like beef and mutton, forcing some grocers to pull them from shelves.

 

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