Debate over China’s poor food safety record is heating up with the FDA effectively blocking the import of five types of farmed fish. It has been reported by The New York Times that:
Chinese goods make up about 22 percent of United States seafood imports. But they accounted for about 63 percent of the shipments that were refused by the F.D.A. last year for having animal drug residues.
China has vowed food safety changes, but has not yet specified what those changes may be. Online discussion seems to suggest a food safety agreement with China is not only desirable, but an urgent necessity. Check out the hundreds of responses on The Times Reader’s Comments on this issue.
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