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Pot Calls Kettle Contaminated

Posted Jul 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT in World,  US,  Business,  Science & Health 

(Newser) – In an apparent retaliatory move, China has addressed concerns about food safety—by halting imports from several American meat processors. The country's inspection agency posted a notice on its website late yesterday saying that salmonella-contaminated chicken produced by Tyson and products from several other large US firms had flunked inspection, the AP reports.

This week's execution of the former head of China's equivalent of the FDA was just the highest-profile move to counter months of bad publicity concerning products such as pet food, seafood, and toothpaste. The state-run news agency reports today that an inspection official characterizes the incidents the government has investigated as "exceptional cases."

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Officers of the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce check water-injected pigs found at an illegal pork processing station in Beijing Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Four trucks with water-injected...   (Associated Press)
An officer of the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce checks pigs at an illegal pork processing station in Beijing Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Four trucks with water-injected pigs were captured...   (Associated Press)
Tyson Foods products are seen on display in a grocery store, July 29, 2006 in a Danvers, Mass file photo. Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat company, reported a profit Monday, April 30, 2007 of...   (Associated Press)
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