CHINA READMITS POULTRY AND PORK IMPORTS FROM CHILE

CHINA has announced that it will re-admit pork and poultry imports from Chile, having suspended them last July (2013) over concerns about dioxin contamination.China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has however posted a statement insisting that importers submit animal health documents and no–doxin-contamination test reports from Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG). AQSIQ said that Chile had conducted a “comprehensive investigation and taken effective prevention and controlling measures” in ...


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