COVID-19: Ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China

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COVID-19: Ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China

An expert suggests the discovery is probably a "one-off" and need not be a cause for panic.

Saturday 16 January 2021 09:03, UK

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The batch of ice cream was made with raw materials including milk powder from New Zealand and whey powder imported from Ukraine. Pic: AP

Ice cream has been found to have been contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples tested positive for the virus.

Anti-epidemic authorities in north China's Tianjin Municipality are tracing people who may have been in contact with the batches, which were produced by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company.

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https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-ice-cream-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-china-12188761

 

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Household owners in Ukraine predominately milk their cows by hands in the barn. In most cases there is no access to warm water, cooling/fridge or basic sanitary cleaning of buckets for milking. Thus, milk is often contaminated from the very beginning. The milk is then stored in a cold cellar, which in summer could have a temperature of 10-14 ˚C – obviously too high to cool the milk and keep it from becoming sour. Milk from rural households in Ukraine is usually collected by small trucks up to four tonnes with isothermal tanks, rarely cooling tanks. Where available, milk is collected from local village collection points that usually are equipped with a cooling tank. Milk collection points in Ukraine can be of several types: private, cooperative or the property of processors. Each has its advantages and disadvantages depending on the region and the strategy. However, in each case it is difficult to control the quality and safety of the milk supplied due to the small size of each household milk supplier. Some of the old and less efficient milk processing facilities in Ukraine have been recently converted into rather large milk collection points. It is not unusual for milk processors to procure milk from a 400-500 km radius. In these cases, milk may change several containers/tanks and usually gets further contaminated. In the summer, milk brought by small producers is already sour. Despite existing milk quality standards in Ukraine, many processors accept this milk.