Suspension of Canadian canola imports 'reasonable'

The Chinese government has proper grounds to suspend the import of canola from Canada because of quarantine problems, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

Recently, China Customs has repeatedly found dangerous organisms in canola imported from Canada, and a Canadian company has had severe quarantine problems with its canola shipments to China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a daily news conference.

The government has canceled the registration for Canadian agribusiness Richardson International to ship canola to China, Reuters quoted the company as saying on Tuesday.