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China lifts ban on Virginia chickens

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The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia can resume exporting chicken feet to China after a seven-year ban.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe's administration announced May 5 that the Chinese government had lifted its ban on imported Virginia poultry products.

China blocked Virginia chicken exports in 2007 after a case of pathogenic avian influenza was reported on a single farm in Virginia.

Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore says he estimates Virginia could sell $20 million a year in poultry products to China now that the ban has been lifted.

Haymore says China is a strong market for. . .

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