The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, according to a statement by the Chinese side on the falsification of documents, has stopped issuing export certificates to China for all types of pork and beef as of June 25.

Officials in both countries are in close contact on this issue, and a criminal investigation is ongoing.

Gary Stordy, director of government and corporate affairs at the Canadian Pork Board, stresses that this is by no means a food safety issue, but appears to be a situation where Canadian export certificates are essentially tampered with.

Stordy explained that Canadian officials and criminal authorities are investigating the situation: “We are asking the Canadian government to continue the dialogue between the two government officials, the CFIA in Canada and the Chinese authorities, and to keep us informed of progress. We understand that it will take some time to resolve the issue, but we hope that it will be weeks, not months. ”

Also, the Director of Government and Corporate Affairs of the Canadian Pork Council said that “all products that were in transit or could have been shipped as of June 25 will go to market.

The rest of the product, which has not been prepared or packaged and ready to be shipped to China, will be ideally absorbed in other markets. ”