Top U.S. Drug Official to Push for More Inspectors in China
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The top U.S. pharmaceutical regulator will push Chinese officials to grant visas for inspectors in a visit to China next week, part of an effort to make sure food and medicine made abroad is safe for Americans.
The Chinese government has stalled granting visas to Food and Drug Administration inspectors since at least 2012. The FDA first pushed to expand its presence there after a tainted blood-thinning drug was linked to 246 deaths in the U.S.