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US Senate urged to allow trade with China
A recent amendment to the 2006 Agriculture Bill in the US House of
Representatives effectively negated the USDA-Food Safety and Inspections Service
initiative to allow importation of further-processed broiler products, sourced
from US poultry, to be imported from approved plants in China.
The apparent justification was fear of introducing avian
influenza. A consortium of US industry associations including the National
Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation, American Meat Institute and the
National Pork Producers Council have urged a group of influential Senators
including Chairpersons of the Agriculture Subcommittee and Appropriations
Committee to fund the program for FSIS inspection of plants and re-inspection of
imported product.
The action by the House is regarded as arbitrary
and an illegal application of WTO phytosanitary rules. The primary
motivation for the action is fear of a negative response
by the government of China in the form of
embargos restricting importation of raw and processed broiler parts, turkey, beef and
pork.
Editor WorldPoultry
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