FDA: More Foreign Inspectors Needed

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Other

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration needs more inspectors and a comprehensive computer database to better track products entering the United States from a growing number of drug manufacturers, brokers and distributors, a top drug safety official told lawmakers Wednesday.

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Posted by bigwheel 02/28/08 19:19

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No, you just tell the exporting countries to inspect, one problem
and no more food, or drugs, whichever the case can come into
this country from theirs. They would straighten the problem out
over night at no cost to us.