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BEIJING (AP) - China appeared to go on the defensive Friday in response to rising concern about the safety of its food and drug exports, asking the United States to clarify its regulations on the use of antibiotics that turned up in Chinese catfish in three southern states.
In a notice on its Web site, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine — China's main food safety regulator — said it had contacted its American counterpart about the use of fluoroquinolones.
In its statement, the quality inspection administration asked Washington to "deal with the problem in an objective, scientific and equitable way."
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