The Swiss Government announced it will reopen its market to Chinese
poultry under certain conditions, an official with the Chinese
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (
MOFTEC) said
yesterday.
Since mid-February, officials in Switzerland have been examining
292 food samples from 13 countries, including China.
The government announced on February 27 that it would ban the
import of Chinese poultry, claiming the products contained too many
antibiotics.
Following final examination results, where 96.2 percent of the
samples were found to meet appropriate standards, the Swiss felt it
was unreasonable to completely ban poultry from China, MOFTEC
officials said.
The Swiss Government has now approved suppliers who meet their
product standards and will allow them to continue to import to
their country. Those products that have been quarantined will be
released if they qualify.
(China
Daily April 10, 2002)