food for thought. I ran across these two articles today in the Times and the Wall Street Journal so I thought they might be of some interest here given some of the other threads related to the FDA and China.

The WSJ article concerns the FDA and it's inability to really effectively police the Chindia (the latest new reference for China and India) imports for the US pharmaceutical industry.

The long Times article deals specifically with the problems in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry and why the situation is grave now and will probably only get worse with time.

FDA oversight of Chinese API manufacturers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119379873952277258.html

Chinese API manufacturers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/wo...hp&oref=slogin

Sorry to be such a downer here.

Alkymst

I hate to say it but for me....anything that comes from China is suspect anymore. If it says 'Made in China' on it I won't buy it. Period.

You will never know if the drug you are taking is using ingredients that are made in China.

There was a public radio show this morning that was discussing this same subject. It is a political hot potato apparently. And it is already out of control.

Billye

Good info. So much of what we consume is an amalgamation of hundreds of chemicals from just as many places. Makes one wonder what one puts in one's body.

Hi everyone:

Those of us who are much older (I am 78) remember the days when "Made in Japan" was equivalent to how some people now feel about "Made in China". The goods were not considered high quality.

Ironically, now there may be more Japanese cars sold in this country than U. S. made cars. How times do change. Here's hoping that the time will come when Chinese made goods improve.

Shirley H.