U.S. opens food safety office in China after scares - CNN.com

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:13 PM EST

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The first foreign office of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened Wednesday in Beijing after an influx of contaminated Chinese food and drug imports to the United States.

The FDA said it also planned to open offices in the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Shanghai in the next few days. Subsequent locations would include India, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe.

FDA employees would inspect products and liaise with Chinese officials and groups, the agency said.

The United States intends to help the Chinese government improve its regulatory systems for exports, according to a recent statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the FDA's umbrella agency.

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Rella

I hope this helps the food quality issues in China, both here and in China. Contaminated milk killing babies in China - there is no excuse for that kind of thing happening in this day and age. And I don't remember the last time I bought seafood that came from China - I refuse to buy it because I know it can't be relied on to be safe. But in light of the food contamination issues we faced here this summer, how effective will the FDA really be?

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#1 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:17 AM EST

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