China approves U.S. pork and poultry plants and suspends three beef plants

China’s Customs Authority (GACC) announced the approval of U.S. poultry and pork processing plants, while continuing to restrict beef import opportunities from that country. For production starting June 12 onward, 78 poultry plants, 18 pork plants, and five dual-species plants were approved, according to OIG.

Just a few days later, GACC announced the suspension of approval for three U.S. beef processing plants for production starting June 16 onward. These include plant 267 (JBS), plant 337 (STX), and plant 5511 (Gibbon Packing).