Ensuring safe foods and medical products through stronger regulatory systems abroad / Committee on Strengthening Core Elements of Food and Drug Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries ; Board on Global Health and the Board on Health Science Policy ; Jim E. Riviere and Gillian J. Buckley, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riviere, J. Edmond (Jim Edmond)

Buckley, Gillian J.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Strengthening Core Elements of Food and Drug Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Safety regulations--International cooperation.

Food industry and trade.

Pharmaceutical industry--Safety regulations--International cooperation.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A very high proportion of the seafood we eat comes from abroad, mainly from China and southeast Asia. Most of the active ingredients in medicines we take originate in other countries. A substantial share of the produce we consume is grown in Latin America. Many low- and middle-income countries have lower labor costs and fewer and less-stringent environmental regulations than the United States, making them attractive places to produce food and chemical ingredients for export. The diversity and scale of imports makes it impractical for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) border inspections to be sufficient to ensure product purity and safety, and incidents such as American deaths due to adulterated heparin imported from China propelled the problem to public awareness. The integrated global economy demands cooperation across borders, to thwart terrorists, reduce environmental hazards, and ensure that our food and medical products are safe and effective. This requires coordination across both industrialized trading partners and emerging economies that have not had the benefit of decades of legal and technical development to ensure the safety of food and medical products.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Core Elements of Regulatory Systems""; ""3 Critical Issues""; ""4 A Strategy to Building Food and Medical Product Regulatory Systems""; ""5 International Action""; ""6 Domestic Action""; ""7 Conclusions and Priorities""; ""Appendix A: Glossary""; ""Appendix B: A Review of Tort Liability's Role in Food and Medical Product Regulation""; ""Appendix C: Food and Medical Product Regulatory Systems of South Africa, Brazil, India, and China""

""Appendix D: Chinese Food Regulatory System""""Appendix E: Meeting Agendas""; ""Appendix F: Committee Member Biographies""; ""Appendix G: Analyzing Food Safety Alerts in European Union Rapid Alerts Systems for Food and Feed""; ""Appendix H: Strengthening Core Elements of Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries: Identifying Priorities and an Appropriate Role for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-63639-5

0-309-22409-8

OCLC:

923288685