Bush Sets Up Panel To Ensure Safety of Food

President Bush established a Cabinet-level panel to recommend how to guarantee the safety of imported food and other products brought into the country and how to better police them. The White House denied the effort was aimed at China, though the announcement came the same day that senators heard testimony from regulators about problems caused by the extremely rapid growth of imports from China. The panel is expected to report its recommendations to the president in 60 days. It will review procedures and regulations and look at safety issues in countries that send goods to the United States. This is a serious issue.