Food safety procedures tightened
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The government yesterday unveiled major initiatives to ensure that imports, exports and domestic consumption of food conform to the highest standards.

To keep a stringent1 check on imports from the United States, China will send food and drug quality control officials to the country - following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opening its offices in China, senior officials said.

To ensure the safety of domestic consumption, the government plans to set up three State-level food safety committees and two nationwide monitoring networks.

Health Minister Chen Zhu said the move to dispatch officials to the US was based on the "principle of equality".

"Following the opening of the three US FDA offices in China this week, we will also station our quality officials in the US in the near future," Chen said in Beijing at a joint2 press conference with his US counterpart Mike Leavitt, Secretary for Health and Human Services.

The officials headed to the US will come from the General Administration of Quality Supervision3, Inspection4 and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), Foreign Ministry5 spokesman Qin Gang said at a separate briefing.

"We believe such arrangements (of sending quality control officials to each other's country) will improve cooperation and communication in food and drug safety issues," Qin said.

No timetable has been set for the Chinese officials' posting, Chen said.

Yesterday's announcement came a day before the FDA opens its Beijing office, the first of three in China. The offices are the first outside the US,and two more planned for opening in India next month and two others in Latin America the month after.

The FDA's operations in China are expected to involve working directly with the AQSIQ, the SFDA and the Ministry of Health to build capacity, ensure standards and share inspection information.

"We're two different countries with two different regulatory systems, but we have one common goal to ensure the safety of our food for our citizens, whether it's domestic or imported," said US FDA Commissioner6 Andrew von Eschenbach, who was also at yesterday's press conference.

"We're looking forward to a sharing of resources, a way of leveraging7 resources that will benefit not only our two countries but, as we have other international partners engaged, that we really will create a worldwide network that will essentially8 improve systems in all countries."

On the domestic front, Chen said the authorities will set up at least three State-level committees on food safety - for risk analysis, setting standards and food science studies - to complement9 other efforts.

Similarly, a national monitoring network on food production, distribution and consumption, as well as another on the county level to oversee10 food-borne diseases nationwide, will be set up, the Ministry of Health said in a statement released yesterday.

The central government is also mulling a coordination11 mechanism12 among various ministries13 to improve efficiency in food safety supervision. At least six departments are involved with food safety at present, causing an overlap14 of responsibilities and creating problems for law enforcement, the ministry said.

Questions:

1. Chinese officials from which bodies will go to the United States to oversee food inspection there?

2. How many offices is the US opening in China?

3. Why is the central government mulling a coordination mechanism among the various ministries?

Answers:

1. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the State Food and Drug Administration.

2. Three.

3. At least six departments are involved in food safety, causing an overlap of responsibilities and creating problems for law enforcement.



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1 stringent gq4yz     
adj.严厉的;令人信服的;银根紧的
参考例句:
  • Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
  • Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。
2 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
3 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督,管理
参考例句:
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
4 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查,审查,检阅
参考例句:
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
5 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
6 commissioner gq3zX     
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
参考例句:
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
7 leveraging c57a4d2d0d4d7cf20e93e33b2873abed     
促使…改变( leverage的现在分词 ); [美国英语]杠杆式投机,(使)举债经营,(使)利用贷款进行投机
参考例句:
  • De-leveraging is a painful process: it has barely begun. 去杠杆化是个痛苦的过程:它才刚刚开始。
  • Archimedes said, saying: Give me a fulcrum, I can leveraging the Earth. 阿基米德说过一句话:给我一个支点,我可以撬动地球。
8 essentially nntxw     
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
参考例句:
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
9 complement ZbTyZ     
n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足
参考例句:
  • The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
  • They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。
10 oversee zKMxr     
vt.监督,管理
参考例句:
  • Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
  • Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
11 coordination Ho8zt     
n.协调,协作
参考例句:
  • Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
  • The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好,使演出更具魅力。
12 mechanism zCWxr     
n.机械装置;机构,结构
参考例句:
  • The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
  • The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
13 ministries 80c65392682fb821af91521513be1259     
(政府的)部( ministry的名词复数 ); 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期
参考例句:
  • Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
  • The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
14 overlap tKixw     
v.重叠,与…交叠;n.重叠
参考例句:
  • The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
  • Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。
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