WASHINGTON — President Bush on Wednesday established a high-level government panel to recommend steps to guarantee the safety of food and other products shipped into the United States and to improve U.S. policing of those imports.
The White House denied the effort was aimed primarily at China.
The president was to meet later Wednesday with his new Import Safety Working Group.
The panel will be chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt.
"The administration is concerned about the safety of imported products that Americans eat and use and we'll start working on concrete steps to address whatever problems they may uncover," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.
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