Recently, Zhanjiang inspection and Quarantine Bureau quarantine personnel on a number of entries from India.

A dead rat was identified as a Rattus when the container was quarantined and quarantined.

This is the fifth time that the Zhanjiang inspection and Quarantine Bureau has seized rats from containers imported from cotton.

According to the relevant laws and regulations of China, the Bureau has carried out quarantine treatment of the containers and effectively prevented the introduction of the epidemic.

It is reported that Zhanjiang inspection and Quarantine Bureau quarantine personnel to Zhanjiang

In the warehouse, a batch of cotton containers imported from India were tracked and quarantined. In the process of quarantined quarantine, the quarantine officer found a dead rat.

After careful quarantine by quarantine personnel, it was found that the rat's body had been dried and atrophied, and it was identified by laboratory as Rattus rattus.

Rodents are the main vectors for spreading infectious diseases such as plague, cholera, typhus and other infectious diseases. They are the focus of health quarantine for imported goods.

In order to prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic, Zhanjiang inspection and Quarantine Bureau carried out quarantine treatment of 8 containers of cotton according to relevant regulations of China.

According to the survey, after the packing of these cotton bags abroad, the door was not closed in time, and the hygienic condition of the goods stacked was poor. Rats and other harmful organisms were more, causing the rats to run into the container and pport them to the Zhanjiang port with the goods.

According to statistics, the proportion of poisonous and harmful organisms found in cotton in India has always been the first place to import cotton in Zhanjiang port.

In this regard, the inspection and quarantine departments will immediately start the port risk early warning and strengthen the port entry of incoming cotton.

It is necessary to increase the strength of open inspection and quarantine inspection of the whole batch of original boxes of fumigated cotton with rat droppings, so as to ensure the safety of Zhanjiang port.

At the same time, the inspection and Quarantine Department reminded domestic enterprises to attach importance to the entry of imported cotton into rats and enhance awareness of the epidemic when importing cotton.