China's
quality watchdog said on Friday that China has recently rejected 60,000 tonnes
of corn imports from the United States which contains unapproved transgenic
content.
Local
authorities in the southern port city of Shenzhen found MIR162, a type of
insect-resistant transgenic corn, among a batch of over 60,000 tonnes of corn
imported from the United States, said Chen Xitong, spokesman for the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).
MIR162 is
not authorized by China's agricultural department, and the Shenzhen bureau
returned the batch of imports according to China's regulations for genetically
modified agricultural products, Chen said.
According
to the spokesman, the AQSIQ has notified US authorities of the event, hoping
they will order the US corn exporters concerned to strengthen inspection and
quarantine of corn exports to China in conformity with Chinese law and
regulations.
He added
that Chinese and US authorities have agreed to enhance technical exchanges
concerning China's imports of US beef from cattle aged 30 months or less.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.