Crisis of Confidence in Chinese Food Exports: Causes, Effects, and a Solution for Customer Assurance

November 30, 2007 | BY

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Given the recent tainted food imports report in the US, Chinese food exporters are advised to take concrete steps to assure consumer safety.

By John S. Eldred of Keller and Heckman LLP, Shanghai

THE CRISIS

The following represents a small sampling of similar recent headlines in major US newspapers: "Chinese Gluten Linked to Pet Deaths", "How US Should Approach China's Tainted Imports", "An Export Boom Facing a Quality Crisis; Customers Worldwide Pressing Beijing to Act After Tainted-Food Case", and "Farmed in China's Foul Waters, Imported Fish Treated With Drugs

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