July 23, 2007

China admits seafood exported to the US were tainted

China has done its own investigations and discovered that the seafood banned recently by the US did contain illegal substances, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The report, citing an official with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said the catfish, basa and dace, shrimp and eel products were supplied by farms not registered with Chinese health authorities.

The announcement was made ahead of the vice-ministerial-level talk on food safety between China and in the US in August.