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China executes former chief of food and drug safety for approving fake drugs

10 Jul 2007 22:31 GMT | einsnews.com

... China executes former chief of food and drug ... and drug safety for approving fake drugs BEIJING (AP) -- China executed a former director ... United States and Canada, pet food containing Chinese wheat gluten tainted with the chemical melamine ...


China shuts down some firms at heart of food and drug safety scares

| Findory News China

International Herald Tribune: China said Friday it had shut down several firms at the heart of food and drug safety scares, its latest move to clean up those industries and salvage its reputation as a reliable exporter.


China bans firms from exporting goods (AP)

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:15:20 GMT | Yahoo! News

Li Changjiang, minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, speaks to the media during a press briefing at the State council office in Beijing, China Friday, July 20, 2007. China's product safety watchdog said Friday that it had revoked the business licenses of several firms at the heart of food and drug safety scares and banned them from exporting their products. The actions by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine is the latest in a series of moves by Beijing to try to clean up its drug and food industries, which have been increasingly under the international spotlight after substandard Chinese goods have been rejected around the world as dangerous. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - China said Friday it had shut down several firms at the heart of food and drug safety scares, its latest move to clean up those industries and salvage its reputation as a reliable exporter.




U.S. team heads for China to discuss food safety (Reuters)

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:14:15 GMT | Yahoo! News

A farmer fertilizes a field on the outskirts of Yingtan, central China's Jiangxi province July 30, 2007. A U.S. delegation arrives in Beijing on Tuesday on a five-day fact-finding mission on food and drug safety amid a series of health scares about the 'made in China' label. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - A U.S. delegation arrives in Beijing on Tuesday on a five-day fact-finding mission on food and drug safety amid a series of health scares about the "made in China" label.



China spending $1 billion on food and drug safety (Reuters)

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:56:48 GMT | Yahoo! News

A customs worker works behind boxes of Chinese-made Dentamint Gel toothpaste in Managua May 31, 2007. U.S. consumers are extremely wary of products made in China in the wake of a series of safety scandals, with nearly two-thirds saying they would support a boycott of Chinese goods, a poll showed on Tuesday. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)Reuters - China will spend more than $1 billion improving food and drug safety by 2010 and the regulator will be given stronger oversight powers, an official said on Wednesday as fears persist over Chinese products.



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