Province trying to find resolution to meat ban from China
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MEDICINE HAT — The provincial government is working to find a resolution to the current meat blockade from China.
“We are working with the federal government and providing any assistance to them,” said Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, over the phone from Edmonton. “Right now, the Canadian Border Services Agency are doing an investigation on the fraudulent export certificates. That is the cause of why the Chinese have a temporary suspension on Canadian export certificates for beef and pork.”
On Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy announced it had asked Canada to suspend all meat imports into the country. It comes following a recent suspension of meat from three pork producers and an earlier ban on canola.
The embassy says Chinese customs inspectors’ detected residue from a restricted feed additive, called ractopamine, in a batch of Canadian pork products. The additive has permitted uses in Canada but is banned in China.
