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  • U.S. to Allow China Processed Poultry In

    04/20/2006 5:53:52 PM PDT · by dvan · 51 replies · 816+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 04/20/2006 | LIBBY QUAID, AP Food and Farm Writer
    WASHINGTON - Poultry processed in China will be allowed to enter the United States despite outbreaks of deadly bird flu in China, the Bush administration said Thursday. Critics said the imported poultry will put public health at risk. The Agriculture Department said the meat would be fully cooked and perfectly safe. "It will have been processed," said Richard Raymond, the department's undersecretary for food safety. "Cooking will kill the virus, if there is any virus, in poultry meat." The U.S. does not accept live poultry from countries where the virulent flu strain is present. That policy has not changed. The...