Six Gulf countries plan to ban the import of Chinese poultry, meat and eggs

Introduction: According to the news announced by moshian mutelli, director of Kuwait's Food Technology Committee and food director of the Municipal Council, quoted by Kuwait's "motherland" on June 4, the Committee banned the import of poultry meat and eggs from China, and has informed the Secretariat of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (hereinafter referred to as GCC) of the relevant provisions on the food import prior license Therefore, on June 12, the business participation Office of the Chinese Embassy in Kuwait sent personnel to meet with director Mu Taili The Secretary General said Kuwait had recently received a notice from the GCC Secretariat that it planned to ban the import of Chinese poultry, meat and eggs due to the outbreak of avian influenza in Hong Kong in the previous period Bahrain and Qatar have issued bans Kuwait has not yet made a formal decision It is conducting a sampling test on poultry meat and eggs imported from China At the same time, it notified the Kuwait foreign ministry and asked the Ministry of foreign affairs of Kuwait to instruct its embassy in China to investigate He said that another GCC food safety meeting will be held in Dubai on June 17, and the issue of banning the import of Chinese poultry, meat and eggs has been included in the agenda of the meeting According to statistics, in 2001, China exported nearly 45000 tons of frozen chicken to the six GCC countries, amounting to US $57.21 million, including 327.39 million tons to Saudi Arabia, US $41.81 million, 5626 tons to UAE, US $7.29 million, 2563 tons to Kuwait, US $3.35 million, 2597 tons to Oman, US $3.34 million, 540 tons to Qatar and Bahrain, respectively, amounting to US $710000 On June 23, the representative of China's business office in Kuwait informed the Kuwait Food Commission of the strict quarantine measures taken by the animal and plant quarantine department of the mainland of China on avian influenza in Hong Kong, and the strict monitoring on the production and export quarantine of poultry meat and eggs in the mainland of China He confirmed that there was no outbreak of avian influenza in the mainland of China He hoped that the relevant authorities in Kuwait would act cautiously and not take measures that might damage the two countries Any measure of regular trade The committee accepted our briefing and explained that Kuwait has not yet decided to ban the import of Chinese poultry, meat and eggs, but has only started the investigation process, and the committee will meet next week to discuss this issue (business office of the Chinese Embassy in Kuwait)