Washington Post: U.S. FDA sending inspectors to China, other nations
November 19th, 2008 by Technomic Asia NewsThis morning the Washington Post has a report about the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration’s plans to deploy “staff members abroad to work directly with importers and foreign regulatory agencies to guard against contaminated animal feed, counterfeit drugs, toys made with lead paint and dairy products containing melamine.”
The article is clear to say that China is not the sole recipient of U.S. inspectors, but the FDA office in China is the agency’s first overseas. According to the report:
Experts welcomed the potential partnership but said it might prove largely symbolic.
“It’s kind of like an ant standing against a flood,” said Kent D. Kedl, general manager of Technomic Asia in Shanghai, which helps medical-device and pharmaceutical companies navigate the Chinese market. “The Chinese State FDA can’t monitor everything, so the U.S. FDA is going to have a huge challenge.”
For more, read the full Washington Post article here.
