Food safety experts worry about the quality of chicken processed in a country notorious for avian influenza and food-borne illnesses. And they predict that China will eventually seek to broaden the export rules to allow chickens born and raised in China.
“Economically, it doesn’t make much sense,” said Tom Super,
spokesman for the National Chicken Council, in a recent interview with
the Houston Chronicle.
“Think about it: A Chinese company would have to purchase frozen
chicken in the U.S., pay to ship it 7,000 miles, unload it, transport it
to a processing plant, unpack it, cut it up, process/cook it, freeze
it, repack it, transport it back to a port, then ship it another 7,000
miles. I don’t know how anyone could make a profit doing that.”
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