WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The United States expects to sign of pair of agreements with China next week to ensure that food, animal feed, drugs and medical devices that country exports to the United States meet U.S. safety standards, a top Bush administration official said on Monday.

"Early next week, we hope to sign binding memorandums of understanding in the areas of food and feed and devices and drugs," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

"Any country who desires to produce goods for American consumers needs to produce them in accordance with American standards -- American standards of quality, American standards of safety," Leavitt said.

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