FDA to open offices in China
Three offices will be opened in China by the US Food and Drug Administration this week to help guarantee the export safety to America. According to the office of US Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt, the new offices are the first offices outside of the United States, and it will promote the effectiveness in protecting consumers from America and China.
Leavitt, together with Andrew Von Eschenbach, the agency’s Food and Drug Commissioner, will open the first office in Beijing today, then in Guangzhou and Shanghai. “Establishing a permanent FDA presence in China will greatly enhance the speed and effectiveness of our regulatory cooperation and our efforts to protect consumers in both countries,” Leavitt’s office said in a statement last week.
Leavitt has said the assignment of 13 workers in the FDA offices in China but without mentioning their roles will be. His next priority will be opening facilities in India and Central America. Furthermore, during his visit to Beijing, he plans to pay visit to two workshops conducted by the US and Chinese government.
The HHS statement said the sessions will focus on outbreaks of food-related illnesses in the US with relation to fresh produce as well as melamine contamination in Chinese dairy products that have made so many babies sick. The group will also discuss reforms that will improve the safety of consumer products and will exchange data on toxicity to humans of melamine.
Similarly, the European Union and China signed an agreement on Nov 17 to better cooperate on consumer safety. By doing so, the two sides will exchange information about contaminated food and other dangerous goods more quickly.
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