Canadian diplomats in Beijing were informed last week of the temporary suspension of pork imports from a Quebec processor, Frigo Royal, weeks after Canadian officials warned the meat industry of heightened Chinese scrutiny of its products amid a broader diplomatic row between Ottawa and Beijing, reported the Wall Street Journal.
Customs agents in China are said to have found traces of a feed additive, ractopamine, in a shipment of frozen pork. Ractopamine is banned in China, Marie-Claude Bibeau, a spokeswoman for Canada’s Agriculture Minister said, although allowed for use by Canadian food-safety authorities.
“We hope that the Canadian side will attach great importance to it, thoroughly investigate the cause of the problem and take effective measures to ensure the safety of meat products exported to China,” a representative from China’s embassy in Ottawa said in an email.
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