China asks EU to reopen market for cooked chicken imports - report |
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BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - A senior Chinese food safety official appealed yesterday to the European Commission (EC) to reopen its markets to Chinese cooked chicken after a ban of nearly five years, state media reported.Li Yuanping, director-general of the bureau of imports and exports food safety under the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said that no exporters of cooked chicken that are registered with the quarantine department have reported any cases of bird flu, the official China Daily reported.The report quoted EC director-general for health and consumer protection Robert Madelin as saying at a news conference in Beijing last Tuesday that the commission will begin discussions with member states at the beginning of June to begin a process to open up trade, with a final decision likely to be made late in the year.sean.mangieri@xfn.com
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