Yet another food scandal is gripping China--tons of melamine-contaminated milk products were seized from warehouses in Chongqing. The milk problem is the the tenth serious food scandal in just the past few years. It provides more evidence of the inability of China's officials, corporations, and consumers to prevent lethal production.

Chinese officials are scrambling to save children's lives from its latest food scare--contaminated milk products.

As Beijing attempts to address the latest food scandal to rock China, countries around the world are demanding action to prevent the spread of contamination.

While counterfeits must be combated, drugs that are legally but poorly produced, substandard medicines-the subject of today's briefing-tend to get a free pass, even when they kill.

To motivate businesses to ensure product safety and thus encourage durable growth, China must allow free news media and courts that uphold the law instead of the status quo.

Drug regulation in China needs to be enforcedin order to prevent fatalcontaminants.

Transparency is the best way to deal with tainted food from China and elsewhere.

Today, nearly 80 percent of active pharmaceutical ingredients originate outside the United States. But the FDA cannot adequately oversee the safety of chemicals manufactured overseas and imported into the United States.