Food and Drug Safety Standards
September 27th, 2008 at 1:35 am (Health, National Politics)
In light of the recall of the Chinese milk and milk products it think it’s a good time to ask, do we have the necessary food and drug standards and tools to measure these standards? Past recalls of Chinese imports were, apparently, due to red flags from China itself or other countries. But no warnings have originated from the Philippines.
Having worked (as a student and as an assistant lab technician in a past life) in academic labs for quite sometime, I know how expensive laboratory equipment are, and how tedious and expensive standards tests are. I am, thus, concerned about the state of our Bureau of Food and Drugs and how they regulate food and drug products. From where do they determine their standards, and how do they measure these? Moreover, do they employ (and justly compensate) qualified personnel? Do they even have enough people to facilitate or monitor the recalls?
