Securing Food

FIRST THERE was the melamine scare, in which Chinese wheat gluten laced with dangerous amounts of that chemical made its way into pet food and killed or sickened thousands of animals. Then the Chinese government sentenced the head of the country's food and drug authority to death for taking bribes and allowing adulterated products onto the market. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings about Chinese toothpaste containing a poisonous antifreeze ingredient, and the regulator has clamped down on Chinese seafood imports. Public heath advocates are calling for sweeping -- and expensive -- reform of food import procedures.
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