China bans two food exporters amid pet food scare (Reuters)

[Eugene]

From the closing the barn door department...

Source: Reuters

China bans two food exporters amid pet food scare
Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:59PM EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has cancelled the business licenses of
two firms that exported wheat protein tainted with toxic chemicals
that wound up in pet food in the United States, a senior quality
control official said on Friday.

U.S. consumers have been alarmed by a spate of pet deaths
blamed on tainted wheat gluten and rice protein exported from
China, as well as reports of toxins and disease in other Chinese
exports.

The two companies -- Xuzhou Anying Biotechnology Development
in Jiangsu province and Bingzhou Futian Biotechnology in
Shandong province -- "unlawfully added melamine in some of
their protein products exported to the United States", quality
watchdog chief Li Changjiang told a news conference.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPEK20317220070720

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Earlier: China warns U.S. against "smear attacks" on imports - Reuters