On June 18, 2008, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt signed a Joint Progress Statement with the Honorable Li Changjiang, Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People’s Republic of China. The statement outlines steps taken by both nations in implementing their December 2007 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on food and feed safety. The MOA established a bilateral mechanism to provide greater information and other assurances to enhance the safety of food and feed products traded between the two countries. Since its signing, the FDA and AQSIQ have planned a joint implementation work strategy and have begun the initial steps called for in the MOA.
SOURCE: HHS News Release
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