China seeks to assure on food safety amid U.S. talks
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China sought to assure its trade partners on Thursday that its food products were safe, after the United States called Chinese food exports a "top concern" and pressed Chinese officials to strengthen oversight.
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China and the United States will hold five days of talks in Beijing this month over Chinese seafood exports detained for harmful residues, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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Foreign media reports on China's food and drug safety problems have hurt exports even though they have been hyped up and domestic media should help by showing the "real situation", an official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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China warned the international media against exaggerating its food safety problems and stirring consumer panic, even as its inspectors found substandard children's snacks and more fake blood protein in hospitals.
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Following the recall of several tainted Chinese products in recent weeks, China joined Southeast Asian countries in pledging to strengthen product standards and safety.
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 -- Chinese officials on Tuesday agreed to implement a detailed experimental tracking and data-sharing program for a limited number of foods, drugs, and medical devices bound for the United States. U.S. officials hailed the agreement as a breakthrough, but independent food safety...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offered new guidance to the food industry on Monday to try to keep fresh-cut vegetables safe but admitted it is still not clear how lettuce, tomatoes and other foods get contaminated in the first place.
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Crisis has been in the air in China the past week &#151; over pork.
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China has launched an overhaul of its food safety regulations in the aftermath of a series of food scares.
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China played down the country's food-safety problems on Tuesday but at the same time showed off room after room of confiscated fakes, indicating the extent of the challenge it faces to clean up the industry.
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China has sent a notice to the World  Health Organisation defending its food safety standards and  repeating what is now becoming a standard line that more than  99 percent of its food exports are up to standard.
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China's top quality control official accused foreign media of raising unnecessary alarm about the safety of the country's food and drug exports, complaining in particular about U.S. reports.
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China risks damaging its global credibility and provoking social instability if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official said in a rare admission amid a series of scares over tainted products.
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Food and Drug Administration officials held high-level meetings with their counterparts in China this week and said yesterday that they expect an agreement by December on improving the safety of food exports.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials asked their Chinese counterparts to increase oversight of food and drug exports yesterday as the list of potentially deadly products reaching US shores kept growing.
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The United States is hoping to bolster the safety of food and other products imported from China by opening a new Food and Drug Administration office in the Asian nation.
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China sought on Thursday to reassure the public about rising food prices and growing safety concerns ahead of the traditional Spring Festival, saying supplies were stable and regularly checked for quality.