WILD rumours circulating around the red meat industry since Sunday that China may have suspended, or be poised to suspend all meat imports from Australia appear to be exactly that – rumours.
Industry stakeholders have been on high alert since the suggestions first started to emerge on Sunday evening, but nothing to this point suggests they have any foundation.
Earlier, the rumours kept evolving, at one point suggesting New Zealand was also under suspension, and the action would extend across beef, sheepmeat and grain.
The rumours were also picked up in China, creating brief beef trade…