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RSS FeedsCanadian trade minister suggests deliberate tampering by `somebody´ is at the heart of China´s meat ban
(The Star Science)

 
 

27 june 2019 01:16:36

 
Canadian trade minister suggests deliberate tampering by `somebody´ is at the heart of China´s meat ban
(The Star Science)
 


OTTAWA—The federal government has agreed to China’s demand to suspend approvals of all Canadian meat exports to China as Canadian food inspectors and the RCMP look into Beijing’s claim that veterinary health certificates on Canadian pork have been forged.But the Canadian government says the suspicious shipment may not have even originated in Canada as a top Chinese official slagged lax Canadian export supervision for allowing the fake certificates to slip through.On Tuesday, China banned all Canadian meat imports as Canada’s own investigation quietly expanded. It began June 14 after Beijing notified Ottawa it had detected a banned additive in a shipment of pork tongue, and asked Canada to suspend all meat export permits.Coming on top of China’s ban on Canadian canola, the trade restrictions form an alarming backdrop to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Osaka, Japan for the G20 summit, as diplomatic tensions escalate between Canada and China.Canada’s international trade diversification minister, Jim Carr, said Wednesday “somebody” may be tampering with Canadian exports or at least the reputation of Canada’s producers, even as he said neither Beijing nor Ottawa is deliberately trying to sabotage the relationship.“Somebody is trying to use the Canadian brand to move product into the Chinese market,” said Carr, speaking in Toronto.“There is an investigation going forward,” and federal officials are consulting the meat industry, Chinese counterparts and provincial officials about the allegations of forged export approvals, he said. Carr added he does not know how long the investigation, or the suspension, will last.“We’re taking it seriously and working very hard to get to the bottom of it. We want to know why this is happening, in whose interest this could be, and working with all of our partners to get an answer as fast as possible,” Carr told reporters.The C ...


 
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