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Trade: China begins import of Japan rice

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-26 16:44

China has started import of Japan's rice and meanwhile Japan resumed its
import of China's straws, sources with the General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said Wednesday.

The quality watchdog said two famous brands of Japanese rice will be
available in the supermarkets of some big cities in China in the next few
days, primarily targeting high-income consumers.

Meanwhile China's straws for feeding which was banned in 2005, will be
permitted to export to Japan again.

Li Changjiang, director of the AQSIQ, met with Japan's farm minister
Norihiko Akagi on Wednesday and talked about the issues in details.

Li said that China has always attached importance to the issue of food
safety, adding that the nation has worked out an effective mechanism to
guaranteed the safety of food exports.

Statistics recently released by the Japanese government showed that the
99.42 percent of the Chinese food products examined by Japanese quality
authorities conform to standards.

This is against 98.69 percent for food imports from US, and 99.38 percent
for those from EU.

Li said that these figures prove that China's food products are safe and
trustworthy.

Japanese farm minister Norihiko Akagi said China's import of Japanese
rice is an important achievement in building a mutually beneficial
relation between the two countries and help promote the development of a
healthy relationship.

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