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Sucrose Esters. Sucrose esters have industrial interest in the area of surfactants, " bleaching boosters, cosmetics, and fat substitutes. Synthetically prepared octa-fatty acid esters of sucrose have similar properties as the normal triglycerides, yet are not degraded by Upases, which entailed their marketing as noncaloric fat substitutes—after being approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the name Olestra or Clean . ... 

Performance standards for X-ray equipment are developed by the Food and Drug Administration under 21 CFR Part 1020, Performance Standards for Ionizing Radiation Emitting Products. Regulation oftheuse ofX-ray equipment is essentially left to the individual states and to the same health care industry group which monitors hospital quality control in many areas other than use of X-rays and radioisotopes, the Joint Council on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 

Are any of the toll products sold under Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations as direct or indirect food additives ... 

The approved color additives appear on positive lists issued by the Food and Drug Administration in the US, the EU, and Japan, but the colorants permitted in each market vary considerably. US and EU regulatory organizations provide provisional and permanent lists of approved color additives. The permanently listed additives are considered safe for use in cosmetic and toiletry products by the regulatory bodies. Provisionally listed color additives are those on which some safety studies are still to be undertaken or their test results are under review. The Japanese regulations include only a permanent list of color additives. 

A vaccine for tularemia is under review by the Food and Drug Administration and is not currently available in the United States. 

OTS has focused its control efforts on two other chemicals in addition to PCBs. Working in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration, EPA used TSCA s Section 6 to prohibit the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propellants in nonessential aerosol products. An advanced notice of proposed rulemaking under TSCA outlined approaches for restricting other uses of CFCs, but the attempt to deal with other CFC uses has been abandoned by the Reagan Administration. 

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows PVA for use as an indirect food additive in products which are in contact with food [11], For example, under 21 CFR 73.1, PVA is approved as a diluent in color additive mixtures for coloring shell eggs and under 21 CFR 349.12, PVA is approved as an ophthalmic demulcent at 0.1-4.0 %. 

Besides seizing Elixir Sulfanilamide wherever it could be traced, the Food and Drug Administration saw to the filing of criminal charges against Dr. Massengill and his firm, both in Knoxville and in Kansas City (54 ). Because he had conceded two earlier prosecution charges, he was a second offender and thus subject to more severe sanctions under the 1906 law. 

Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (DHHS), and Center For Drug Evaluation and Research, Guidance for industry court decisions, ANDA approvals, and 180-day generic exclusivity under the Hatch-Waxman amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, DHHS, Washington, DC, March, 2000. 

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