China launched newly amended list of prohibited items including bird's nest.
A newly amended list of prohibited items has dealt a heavy blow to bird’s nest stores which privately sell bird’s nest in Xiamen, reports Xiamen Daily.
According to the newly amended list of prohibited items, bird's nest (except canned versions) can't be brought in by travelers or mailed into China. China has stepped up supervision on bird's nest products after excessive amounts of nitrite were found in bird nests imported from Malaysia in August, 2011.
Edible bird's nest, or cubilose, a delicacy in China, considered as a super-food for daily health-care, is popular and well accepted in Xiamen.
The revised list has put a cold chill to self-employed business people in Xiamen who made a living by importing bird’s nest in the past.
On the contrary, those local standard stores specializing in imported bird's nest products have benefited from this revised list. "Following the newly list launched, Xiamen will face a shortage of bird’s nest products in the market as the purchase channel was formally standardized, which may cause s price surge of the products", said a staff of Xiamen-based Yanzhiwu, a famous bird’s nest store.
"The revised list is definitely good for the whole cubilose industry in China, given the chaos that's occurred in past years. Cubilose imported through formal channels should be genuine because it must be inspected", said an insider.
