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Central American office for FDA?

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Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, who has been working to open Food and Drug Administration offices in China, said yesterday that he believes a similar office should be opened in Central America.

Leavitt, emphasizing that he was not conveying administration policy, said that he believes the FDA should station inspectors in Central America because of the region's leading role in supplying fruits and vegetables to the United States.

The secretary plans to discuss the issue, as well as other possible steps to improve the safety of food shipments, with counterparts from El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and other Central American countries at a conference scheduled for next month.

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