The former head of China's State Food and Drug Administration was sentenced to death for corruption.

ECONOMIST: Politics this week

The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) last week approved two factories to produce the vaccine -- Sinovac, based in Beijing, and Hualan Biological Engineering, based in Henan -- according to the Post.

CNN: China set to provide first swine flu vaccines

It appears to have done no more to alleviate public anxiety than did the execution in 2007 of a former head of the State Food and Drug Administration for taking bribes to certify products as safe.

ECONOMIST: Food safety in China

State health departments, the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC continue to investigate.

CNN: Frozen fruit mix suspected in hepatitis A outbreak

In Mississippi, from the farm to the grocery, the convenience store to the restaurant, all food is already regulated to ensure safety by divisions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the state Department of Health and the state Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

CNN: 'Anti-Bloomberg' bill stops overregulation

Investigators for the state's DPH, working with their counterparts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "identified serious deficiencies and significant violations of pharmacy law and regulations that clearly placed the public's health at risk, " it said.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Some 30 states allow raw milk sales for human consumption, according to the Food and Drug Administration, although federal rules prohibit the movement of these products across state lines.

WSJ: One Small Win for Raw Milk

Yesterday, the U. S. Supreme Court recognized that Congress meant what it said, holding that the Vaccine Act expressly preempts all state-law products liability suits challenging the design of widely administered childhood vaccines, which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already determined to be safe and effective.

FORBES: High Court Upholds Federal Preemption of Design Defect Claims Against Vaccine Makers