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- China and the Philippines sign minutes of meeting on import and export food safety
Date: 29-Oct-2007 Sources: (Xinhua Online)
China and the Philippines on Sunday signed the minutes of meeting on import and export food safety in the southern China city of Nanning.
The document was signed between China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the Philippine Department of Health during the first China-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine which opened here Sunday.
According to the document, the two sides reviewed the cooperation on food safety, especially the cooperation on dealing with the pupils uncomfortable issue in Cebu, the Philippines, as well as the latest progress. Both sides agreed to continue the cooperation to treat the issue justifiably and properly.
'The Chinese side informed the measures taken by the Chinese governments to ensure the food safety. The Philippines side appreciated for the introduction,' the document says.
The minutes was signed after 'a friendly discussion on issues of import and export food' between AQSIQ Deputy Director Wei Chuanzhong and Alexander Padilla, under secretary of Department of Health, and Director Leticia-Barbara Gutierrez of the Bureau of Food and Drugs of the Philippines in Nanning on Saturday.
The two sides exchanged their views on formaldehyde residue in food, says the document. The Chinese side hopes that the Philippine side would treat the issue scientifically, while the Philippine side expressed that they were carrying their evaluation and might adjust related policies to this effect.
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