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FDA DOES NOT INSPECT CHINESE FACTORIES THAT PRODUCE DRUG PRODUCTS SHIPPED TO US

Posted by: William Gentile
November 11, 2008
Topic: Products Liability

I just came across this New York Times article via TortsProf Blog. It talks about how China has become a major player in the production of over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Lately, China has been plagued by non-stop reports of incidents of contamination from toys to baby food. The most horrifying example was when 4 babies were killed and 53,000 sickened when the chemical melamine was found in baby formula. Could this type of contamination find its way into drugs sent to the United States? Here is the money quote from the article:

China now produces about two-thirds of all aspirin and is poised to become the world's sole global supplier in the not-too-distant future. But are the Chinese factories safe? Who knows? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and other competent government regulators rarely, if ever, inspect them.

You might want to start reading those aspirin labels...