Transgenic: slow soybean import in China
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Last Update: 2001-09-27
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: when the Chinese government announced new regulations on the import of genetically modified food on June 6, importers were required to provide corresponding safety certificates from now on, an official from the inspection and Quarantine Department of China said Otherwise, the imported vessel will be returned But he denied that recent soybean imports had special vessel inspection controls A quarantine official in Rizhao, Shandong Province, told Reuters that there is still a vessel carrying South American soybeans at the port waiting for inspection The vessel arrived at the port on September 14 The official also said that only after the inspection and quarantine results come out, the goods can be released In the past, as long as inspection was carried out, the goods could be released After the initial port inspection, the local inspection and quarantine officials of China sealed the goods and stored them in the designated warehouse, waiting for more inspection If the local quality inspection department did not carry out certain content such as fungus detection equipment, it must also report to the General Administration of inspection and Quarantine of China in Beijing The official declined to say how long the entire inspection process would last, but a domestic trader said it would take more than 20 days, rather than the 7-8 days originally expected (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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