Chinese officials have reported that strains of the coronavirus have been found in ice cream in Eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch.
The Daqiaodao Food Co Ltd in Tianjin, adjacent to Beijing, was sealed and its employees were being tested for the coronavirus, a city government statement said. There was no indication that anyone had contracted the virus from the ice cream.
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Earlier, the company had sent three samples of its product to the municipal centre for disease control in order to have them tested for coronavirus. All three tested positive, according to The Independent.
The company also confirmed that over 1600 employees had been placed in quarantine following the report. Around 700 of them have already tested negative for coronavirus while the remaining are yet to be confirmed.
Most of the 29,000 cartons in the batch had yet to be sold, the Government said. It said 390 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.