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Sending a message on manufacturing control
In this morning's Chicago Tribune, there is an article that says the head of China's food and drug administration has been executed due to the problems with tainted ingredients and products being exported. Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu was sentenced to death specifically for taking bribes to speed drug approvals. However, in China most see this as a powerful message that bribes and corruption among manufacturers and regulatory agencies will not be tolerated, particularly when these situations become visible to the whole world.
Apparently experiences like the poison dog food and toothpaste are not all that uncommon in China. The government wants Mr. Zheng to serve as an example for any rank and file inspectors and managers that may feel their efforts can be influenced by bribes. With new zeal, regulators have fanned out over the country to head off the next contamination scandal.
At the risk of trivializing Mr. Zheng's plight, I will use the situation to draw attention to our coming webcast on good manufacturing practices next Wednesday. This is all about regulated industries. As we say in the promo:
Sending a message on manufacturing control
July 11, 2007
In this morning's Chicago Tribune, there is an article that says the head of China's food and drug administration has been executed due to the problems with tainted ingredients and products being exported. Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu was sentenced to death specifically for taking bribes to speed drug approvals. However, in China most see this as a powerful message that bribes and corruption among manufacturers and regulatory agencies will not be tolerated, particularly when these situations become visible to the whole world.Apparently experiences like the poison dog food and toothpaste are not all that uncommon in China. The government wants Mr. Zheng to serve as an example for any rank and file inspectors and managers that may feel their efforts can be influenced by bribes. With new zeal, regulators have fanned out over the country to head off the next contamination scandal.
At the risk of trivializing Mr. Zheng's plight, I will use the situation to draw attention to our coming webcast on good manufacturing practices next Wednesday. This is all about regulated industries. As we say in the promo:
Successfully producing sellable products on a global market can be achieved by producing them according to the rules of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Industries such as water/wastewater (Bioterrorism Act), and food and beverage (21CFRPart11 and Bioterrorism Act), automotive (TREAD) and pharmaceutical (21CFRPart 11) have requirements that must be fulfilled by technological solutions and fall under three topics: access security, audit trail, and archiving and retrieval.
Posted by Peter Welander on July 11, 2007 | Comments (0)
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