Frozen sardines originally from US worth $40,000 were rejected by a Chinese coastal city, saying that they were infected with disease including bacteria. It has 47 tonnes of sardines.
After China has faced months of international scrutiny about the standards of its own products, this is the latest case of rejecting goods as a part of evident effort to show that products from other countries also have quality problems. The inspection and quarantine bureau of Rongcheng city in Shandong province stopped the sardines imported from a Japanese trading company on Saturday. The report said sample inspections showed the sardine were infected with listeria monocytogens, a bacteria that can lead to problems such as vomiting, fever and blood poisoning in animals as well as in humans.