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16:59, July 18, 2007 |
The meat was contaminated with salmonella, additives and veterinary drugs, according to the administration.
In response to criticism from overseas, he said that China was not counteracting overseas complaints by picking holes in imports into the country.
It''s not the first time China has suspended meat imports from the U.S. -- the administration suspended contaminated meat imports from 15 U.S. companies in 2006, Li said.
Meat imports from 13 of those companies have resumed, according to Li.
The FDA, under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said on June 28 it would detain three types of Chinese farm-raised fish -- catfish, basa and dace -- as well as shrimp and eel unless suppliers could prove the shipments contained no harmful residues unapproved in the U.S. for use in farmed seafood.
Li Changjiang, the top quality control official with AQSIQ, urged the U.S. to "properly deal with the problem as soon as possible" during a telephone conversation with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, adding that an "indiscriminate" ban of all exports of such Chinese aquatic products was "unacceptable".
Source: Xinhua
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