China to assist FDA investigation into tainted food

OK, fine. Now the Republicans can stop hyperventilating over China and get back to focusing on the problems they created at the FDA. China has food safety issues, for sure, but by and large that is a problem that China needs to address. If they want to export food to other countries, their standards will have to improve though the US FDA should not make Americans guinea pigs for food testing from anywhere in the world, the US included. Other countries have banned specific products from China, just as many countries have banned US beef.

Let the Chamber of Commerce or other pro-business groups focus on business but that is not the mission of the FDA. This always boils down to the US FDA getting back to its mission of safeguarding the US food and drug system. At the moment, the FDA has a long way to go.