More import inspections won't be cheap

Courtesy Marketplace  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 14:12

Product recalls, from pet food to toys, have prompted calls for tighter import inspections. The House is considering a proposal to charge food and drug producers hundreds of millions of dollars to improve product safety.

Dan Grech reports.


 

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