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15:21, July 18, 2007 |
China and the United States will sign a memorandum of understanding on food safety by the end of this year enabling the two sides to resolve food safety issues more effectively, said a senior Chinese quality control official on Wednesday.
A delegation led by a vice-minister-level official of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is set to come to Beijing in August to have talks about the signing of the MOU with Chinese food safety regulators, said Li Yuanping, an official in charge of the safety of import and export products at the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).
"Both sides are aware of the necessity of establishing such a mechanism to resolve food safety issues more effectively amid rising disputes," Li said.
Li said the two countries would first hold a meeting in Beijing between July 31 and August 4 to discuss the detention of four kinds of China''s seafood exports by U.S. officials.
The U.S. representatives will be Rich McKeown and William Steiger, Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to Secretary for International Affairs with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
They would also have preliminary discussions with Chinese food safety regulators concerning the MOU signing and the setting up of a collaboration mechanism on food safety, according to Li.
Li also said that the recent suspension of sale of chicken feet, pig ears and other animal products from seven U.S. companies was conducted according to a memorandum of understanding signed between the administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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