In a letter sent to Dr. von Eschenbach on Tuesday, John D. Dingell and Bart Stupak, both Democratic representatives from Michigan, asked if the purpose of the lab closings was to privatize the testing of imported foods.
The global distribution of food products has created a requirement for inspection and testing of imported goods at national and outer European borders.
Rigorous testing of imported non-animal food products by the Hesse State Laboratories was introduced in 2007 at Frankfurt/Main airport in order to protect German consumers from these potential health dangers.
Quantification by 35S qPCR is used by the Japanese government in their testing of imported food and grain.
Quarantine and testing of imported nonhuman primates, rigorous hygiene at research facilities, and strict personal protection equipment (PPE) standards are important to protect the health of nonhuman primate colonies and persons working with the animals (4 ).
She revealed that testing of beef imports from outside the European Union had now started.
Worries that compromised milk products may have contaminated foods like yogurt, cookies and candy have led a number of other countries, including Canada and Australia, to step up their testing of Chinese imports.
The Japanese have developed tough approaches for ensuring the quality of Chinese imports, particularly food — in part by far more rigorous testing of its imported food than in the United States.
After the problems with Chinese-grown spinach created an uproar here in 2002, the government stepped up random testing of all imported food.
A number of countries implemented testing of all imported Chinese products.
Extensive testing of the imported dog from Serbia has been carried out, and all results were negative for B. canis.
