NZ products not blacklisted by China

New Zealand food products were mistakenly included on a Chinese blacklist and no imports have been banned, the Food Safety Authority says.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision last week published on its website a blacklist of food and cosmetic products from a number of nations, including New Zealand.

It said the products posed potential health risks and had been destroyed, returned or converted to other uses.

However, New Zealand Food Safety Authority spokesman Gary Bowering said the list incorrectly included New Zealand, and no imports had been banned.

The Chinese watchdog has since removed the list from its website.

- NZPA