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Article: Australian wheat rejected by Iraq
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 8, 2002
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Australian wheat rejected by Iraq
CANBERRA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi authorities have reportedly
refused to accept four shiploads of Australian wheat, claiming the
wheat is contaminated.
The Australian Associated Press reported Thursday that more than
130,000 tons of Australian wheat has been held up in the Middle
East.
Spokesman for Australia's wheat exporting body AWB, Peter
McBride, was quoted as saying that two ships had been told to stop
unloading, while two others have anchored in nearby Oman awaiting a
resolution to the row.
McBride said an independent adjudicator had been called in and
would examine the shipments this weekend to rule on the
contamination ...