The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given approval to four Chinese poultry processing firms to begin limited shipments to the U.S. To begin, the companies will only be permitted to export cooked poultry products from birds raised in the U.S. or Canada but critics see this as the opening of a gateway for Chin to eventually export domestic poultry to the U.S. The approval comes at a time when consumers are highly concerned with the safety of their food and China having recent quality and safety issues with its poultry.
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