CHINA steps up scrutiny of U.S. food - (New York Times/Associated Press)
September 17, 2007 – 9:32 pm China has, according to this story, sharply increased inspections of imported U.S. food, escalating a dispute with Washington over product safety and leaving American beef piling up in warehouses and delaying shipments of black pepper and other goods.
The story says that authorities who used to inspect as little as 5 percent of imported goods now check every shipment of American poultry, snack foods and other products, companies and trade groups say.
James Rice, the China country manager for Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat processor, was quoted as saying, “I suspect they are doing this to keep the pressure on the United States to relent on some of these (food safety disputes), because the U.S. is taking a very tough stand on Chinese products.”
Chinese authorities banned chicken imports from two Tyson plants in June after salmonella was found in shipments from them, Rice said. But he said the company, […]
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