The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it had found China's poultry slaughter system to be not equivalent and that the China-slaughtered poultry will not be imported into the country.
The move comes after a statement from senator Chuck Schumer's office regarding equivalency for China's poultry slaughter system.
FSIS said, The U.S. food supply is among the safest in the world, and the Food Safety Inspection Service is dedicated to maintaining that status."
In 2010, the FSIS was asked to evaluate China's poultry slaughter system and was legally obligated to move forward with an audit.
The agency had not announced the audit results as it has not been finalized.
If China's poultry slaughter system is found to have tied up with food safety issues then the country will have to implement necessary actions and be audited again for the process to continue.
