November 19, 2008

* Chinese milk products were removed from shelves during the melamine scare.
Chinese milk products were removed from shelves during the melamine scare.

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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