WASHINGTON — USDA inspectors are scheduled to visit China soon to inspect poultry processing plants to verify Chinese claims that several of its chicken-processing plants meet U.S. food safety standards, USDA said.
Although the People’s Republic of China has wanted to sell its chicken products in the United States since 2006, China is currently not allowed to import chicken into the U.S. because of past food safety concerns, avian influenza outbreaks and previous U.S. congressional opposition. The country is interested in both processing U.S.-raised birds and exporting the meat and processing and exporting Chinese. . .

