Food and Drug Administration publicity

Clark, F., and D. R. Reed. Chaparral-induced toxic hepatitis. California and Texas, 1992. MMWR Morbid Mortal Wkly Rep 1992 41(43) 812-814. Anon. From the Food and Drug Administration. Public Warning about herbal product Chaparral . J Amer Med Ass 1993 269(3) 328. 

Statement by Alexander M. Schmidt, M.D., commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, July 10, 1975. 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Public Health Advisory Suicidality in Children and Adolescents Being Treated With Antidepressant Medications, October 15, 2004. Available at http //www.fda.gov/cder/drug/ antidepressants/SSRIPHA200410.htm. Accessed December 7, 2005. 

Kurtzweil P. FDA Consumer an FDA guide to dietary supplements. U S. Food and Drug Administration Publication No. (FDA) 99-2323. Available from URL http // vm.cfsan.fda.gov/ dms/fdsupphtrnl Accessed 1999 April 6. 

Coppinger, P., Deputy Associate Commissioner for Planning and Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, personal communications, December 30, 1991 and January 6, 1992. 

Associate Commissioner for Medical Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,... 

Hamilton, P.M., Chiacchierini, R.P., Kaezmarek, R.G. (1978). US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health, Food and Drug Administration, Publication FDA 89-8276. Hempelmann, L.H. (1968). Science 160, 139—163. 

FDA 72] Fda, Proceedings of the 1971 National Conference on Food Protection, (eds. U.S. Dept, of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service), HHS publication 72-2015, U.S. Government Print Office, Washington EXJ, 1972. 

The mutual chemistry of plastic containers and food products must be considered for any proposed application. There is continuous physical and chemical activity at the interface between the food product and the container. The type and extent of this activity determines whether or not the plastic container can successfully hold and protect the food product. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American public are increasingly suspicious of all plastics, particularly the halo-genated compounds. The recent ban (April 1973) on poly(vinyl chloride)... 

Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration Rockville, MD 20857... 

The federal government develops regulations and recommendations to protect public health. Regulations can be enforced by law. Federal agencies that develop regulations for toxic substances include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

The Food and Drug Administration has not as yet held hearings concerning the establishment of formal tolerances for DDT or parathion on fresh produce or in processed foods. For apples and pears, an informal tolerance for DDT of 7 p.p.m. has been announced (3). [These hearings were in progress at the time of publication. ]... 

During the media blitz that followed, Patterson urged the public to buy Chicken of the Sea tuna because the Van Camp Sea Food Company s molded steel cans were lead-free. With characteristic bluntness, Patterson lambasted a host of government laboratories from the Environmental Protection Agency and its Bureau of Foods to the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Asked if any other laboratories agreed with his findings, Patterson declared loftily that scientific questions are not determined by majority vote. 

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