{"id":78418,"date":"2010-06-13T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=78418"},"modified":"2010-06-13T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T02:43:18","slug":"u-s-drops-inspector-of-food-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/u-s-drops-inspector-of-food-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Drops Inspector of Food in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/14\/business\/global\/14organic.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss\">the New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe federal certification, the backbone of the organics industry, is aimed at assuring consumers that farmers and food manufacturers have passed tough, independent inspections \u2014 even half a world away.<\/p>\n<p>Now serious questions about certification in China have been raised by the United States Agriculture Department. The agency, which uses private groups to conduct most organic inspections worldwide, has banned a leading American inspector from operating in China because of a conflict of interest that strikes at the heart of the organics\u2019 guarantee. The federal agency also plans to send an audit team to China this year to broadly review the certification process.<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials say the banned inspector, the Organic Crop Improvement Association, used employees of a Chinese government agency to inspect state-controlled farms and food processing facilities. The group, based in Nebraska and known by the initials O.C.I.A., has for years been one of the leading inspectors of Chinese organics for the United States market. Anticipating the department\u2019s action, the group shut most of its operations last year.<\/p>\n<p>The ban, to be formally announced on Monday, is likely to propel consumer worries about organic food from a country that many associate with food safety scandals and lax regulation, involving things like contaminated milk and toys coated in lead paint. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the New York Times: The federal certification, the backbone of the organics industry, is aimed at assuring consumers that farmers and food manufacturers have passed tough, independent inspections \u2014 even half a world away. Now serious questions about certification in China have been raised by the United States Agriculture Department. 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