Sunday July 22, 2012
Bird’s nest traders rally for help over import ban
“The industry has been hit very hard, with sales dropping by as much as 85% since China is our biggest importer,” said Carole, adding that bird’s nest prices had also dropped from RM4,000 per kg to just under RM2,000 in a year.
China halted bird’s nests imports from Malaysia last July, when samples taken from blood-red bird’s nests contained nitrite levels that did not meet its health standards.
A three-point resolution was passed to reject the requirement to install RFID tags, allow permissible nitrite content for raw, uncleaned nests up to 200 ppm and for details of a protocol on the entry of cleaned nests into China to be disclosed. China imposed that the nitrite content in bird's nest should not exceed 30 parts per million (ppm).
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