After taking hits on product safety for everything from tainted toys to tainted milk, China wasted no time banning U.S. pork imports in the wake of the swine flu outbreak.
China and a string of other countries have moved to ban pork and other meat products from some U.S. states over the past week. The trend on Tuesday drew a rebuke from U.S. officials, who are warning trading partners that such embargoes could trigger "serious trading disruptions."
The Centers for Disease Control and other health organizations insist that the strain cannot be spread by food and that properly cooked pork is safe.
But according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the Chinese government ordered all pork products from Mexico, Texas, Kansas and California destroyed or returned to the suppliers.
"(The) restrictions on U.S. pork or pork products or any meat products from the United States resulting from the recent outbreak do not appear to be based on scientific evidence and may result in serious trade disruptions without cause," U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a statement Tuesday. - FOX News Story
The Obama Administration has their hands full with this. Now maybe they have a better grasp of what it is like to deal with an emergency and have it snowball out of your control. Happen to Bush with Katrina, nobody (including Obama) gave them a break.
So, no Break Obama. This is your disaster and you are being tested. We will see how you grade out. Good Luck
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