FDA COMMISSIONER SENATE HEARING
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold hearings on Thursday, March 17 to examine the nomination of Lester m. Crawford, DVM, PhD to be FDA Commissioner.
Crawford, who has been FDA's acting commissioner since former Commissioner Mark McClellan moved to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in March 2004, was nominated to the post on February 15, 2005. Crawford also served as acting FDA commissioner from February to November 2002.
The hearing is to begin at 10 a.m (EST), held in Room SD-430 and will be broadcast at . http://www.capitolhearings.org/ and possibly C-SPAN.
US CODEX COALITION – YOUR HELP NEEDED
As you have probably heard by now, AAHF is leading a workshop to bring together the top organizations, activists, and others interested in Codex. This 2-day workshop will be held April 22-23 in Crystal City, VA with a press conference on April 25th at the National Press Club to announce the formation of the US Codex Coalition and the participants.
We have also sent members of Congress a survey about Codex to gain a better understanding of what they think of the potential threat.
There is a growing unease about Codex and the FDA is feeling it. They recently posted on the website their response to several questions they have been receiving: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dscodex.html. We are inviting a FDA representative to attend the workshop. We'll keep you posted.
Weston Price ping