| Tuesday, November 13, 2001, updated at 10:31(GMT+8) |
China Resumes Animal, Meat Imports from ROK |
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The Chinese government announced Monday that starting from November 12 it will resume importing pigs, cattle, sheep and meat products from the Republic of Korea. The imports should be processed in the ROK after the proclamation was issued.
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The Chinese government announced Monday that starting from November 12 it will resume importing pigs, cattle, sheep and meat products from the Republic of Korea.
According to the no.177 proclamation from the Ministry of Agriculture and State Bureau of Quality Supervision and Quarantine, China resumes importing artiodactyls and products from this very day. The imports should be processed in the ROK after the proclamation was issued.
The ROK has carried out tough measures to exterminate foot-and-mouth disease, which broke out in the country on March 24, 2000, and successfully prevented new cases of the illness said the proclamation. According to related regulations of OIE, ROK is qualified to restore its position of non-foot-and-mouth disease country.
After the emergence of foot-and-mouth disease in the ROK last year, the Chinese government banned imports of livestock and meat from the country.
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