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Maryse, there are many countries out there that have wonderful manufacturing facilities that have equal or greater quality control than US facilities. I don't think there is a question about that. The USA is one of the largest if not the largest market for expensive drugs in the world. It is because of this large and vulnerable market that many unscrupulous nations and individuals would make the US the primary target for fraud if regulations were not in place to control them. Unfortunately many undeveloped nations already are victims of drug fraud. Those nations don't have the controls required to eliminate this threat. Sometimes nations do take drastic steps to insure the safety of their food supplies as well as their drugs. Most nations in Europe have very stringent regulations regarding food importation from other nations. Canada has long been a wonderful neighbor to the US and we have great trade relations but it is reasonable to have regulations regarding trade. Some trade regulations do involve the safety of our food and drugs. We recently had our first outbreak of mad cow disease in the US it was traced back to beef imported from Canada. It was an unfortunate incident but never the less reinforces the validity of trade regulations. It incidentally has cause a spike in the price of beef which we still see an effect from. President Bush justifiably protects safety of the citizens of the US. I am certain he is not so concerned with the quality of the Canadian manufactured drugs or the reimported drugs but rather the tracking and documentation of the sources of the drugs. The US needs to be assured of the quality and the source of the drugs imported from Canada just as we should have been more vigilant of the feed stocks used to feed the tainted beef imported from Canada. Again I say this with all respect for our Canadian allies. The incident was a mistake but we should work harder to avoid others. Regards Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:04 AM Subject: Re: Ordering Drugs From Canada Is Unsafe, Bush Says > > "What we don't want to do is have a system where it sounds like a > > pharmaceutical may be coming in from Canada, but, in fact, it is > > manufactured in another country." > > > Does that mean the rest of the world ( outside USA) is underdeveloped? > Maryse cg John 75,15 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn