China considering halting all meat products from Canada over fake veterinary health certificates

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China considering halting all meat products from Canada over fake veterinary health certificates

China says health certificates attached to a shipment of pork are counterfeit

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-ban-canadian-meat-1.5189874

Peter Zimonjic, Hannah Thibedeau cbc news

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China is considering halting all meat imports from Canada starting Wednesday after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency notified China that it had discovered a number of inauthentic veterinary health certificates in some meat products bound for China, according to a government official.

China already has halted imports from three Canadian pork producers over food safety issues — two in May and another earlier this month — as trade tensions between the two countries have escalated.

A Canadian government official, who spoke to CBC News on the condition they not be named, confirmed the CFIA notified its Chinese counterparts it had uncovered faked veterinary certificates for some Canadian meat products.

In response, the official said, China was considering halting all meat shipments from Canada. The official also said the federal government expects developments to emerge throughout the evening.

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(I got the story wrong. Just assumed it was in retaliation when i heard it on the news. Looks like our reputation as a safe secure exporter of meat is not deserved.)

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1. China halts Canadian meat imports over fake certificates

https://www.dw.com/en/china-halts-canadian-meat-imports-over-fake-certificates/a-49356960

China halts Canadian meat imports over fake certificates

China said on Tuesday that it will turn away all meat shipped from Canada after a customs investigation revealed as many as 188 "counterfeit" veterinary health certificates, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statement on its website.

China launched the probe after inspectors found residue from ractopamine, a restricted feed additive, in a batch of Canadian pork products.

"In order to protect the safety of Chinese consumers, China has taken urgent preventative measures and requested the Canadian government to suspend the issuance of certificates for meat exported to China since June 25," the statement said.

Ractopamine, a feed additive that boosts the growth of animals, is banned in China as well as the European Union, but widely used in the United States.
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2. If they are going to use fake vetrenarian certificates the system has broke down.

This is unacceptable.