EU industry groups protest against the ban on Chinese animal products

Introduction: China News Agency, Beijing, March 14, Paris: since the EU banned the import of Chinese animal origin products, some EU importers and industry organizations have said that the EU ban is neither scientific nor realistic, seriously damaging the interests of exporters and importers, and have made strong protests The European Union Federation of game and poultry wholesalers and importers filed a protest with the European veterinary Commission in early February The Association recently held another meeting to decide that it would protest again to Brussels and ask for face-to-face negotiations with relevant government officials The heads of EU aquatic products processing industry association, EU aquatic products import and export association and German Federation of fishery and fishery wholesale trade respectively wrote to the European Commission about the ban, in which they pointed out: "over the years, EU frozen fish industry has established very close cooperation with Chinese processing enterprises Most of China's frozen fish processing enterprises are in a very satisfactory sanitary condition, and their products have never been reported by the EU rapid warning mechanism due to quality problems The ban has raised the price of European aquatic products by 15% Banning the import of Chinese aquatic products will make the EU's shortage of aquatic products more serious " At the same time, other relevant European associations and importers, such as the European Association of importers of dried fruits, tins, honey and spices, also protested to the European Union, believing that this practice was excessive and inappropriate In addition, on February 28, about 120 large import companies and their association representatives from Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries spontaneously gathered in Belgium to discuss the response and action to the EU ban.