Traces of the coronavirus was found in cartons of ice cream produced by the Daqiaodao Food Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, place close to the Chinese capital Beijing. The factory was sealed and the employees were tested for the virus. It was found that no one had contracted the virus from the ice cream.
Over 29,000 cartons were produced by this factory, but most of them were left unsold. The 390 cartons that were sold in Tianjin were being tracked down and authorities elsewhere were notified of sales to their areas. The ingredients included New Zealand milk powder and whey powder from Ukraine, the government said.
The authorities said the coronavirus survived in ice cream because of the cold temperature. They believe the virus reached the ice cream through an infected person.
Meanwhile, China on Sunday reported 109 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, two-thirds of them in a northern province close to Beijing, though no deaths have been reported.