Healthcare and Nutrtition Tour to China 2007

Attention all sanitarians, food safety specialists,
dieticians, nutritionists, anyone in the healthcare
arena and their friends and family! After numerous
requests and a successful 2006 Health Care China Tour,
another tour is planned for April, 2007. In addition
to visiting the spectacular sights that only China has
to offer, like the Great Wall, Terra Cotta soldiers
and the Bund in Shanghai, tour participants attend
presentations at various Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM) hospitals, pharmacies, and other healthcare
facilites. Guest speakers share their expertise and
insight into current nutritional concerns, TCM,
acupuncture, Chinese dietary habits, and reflexiology
to name a few. Tour members will tour a night market,
supermarket and a food manufacturer to observe food
handling practices, experience the many exotic
cuisines of China, including vegetarian, Muslim,and
other "gourmet delights such as scorpions and
centipedes. Let's not forget a visit with a panda,
train ride, foot massage and shopping till you drop
for jade, pearl and silk.

Contact Lance Wong, Food and Drug Branch, Hawaii
State Department of Health at for
more details.