China/Netherlands sign memo on quarantine to boost trade

Starting in May, China can check sanitary certificate information on dairy products and pork imports from the Netherlands through the Internet; meanwhile, Dutch importers can verify electronic certificates on the inspection and quarantine of Chinese food and agricultural products, according to the Sino-Dutch memo.

The document was signed here by Zhi Shuping, minister of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ), and Maxime Verhagen, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture &Innovation.