Posted on 05/24/2007 6:32:34 PM PDT by Flavius
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - A Congressional committee on Thursday threatened to subpoena the Food and Drug Administration unless the agency responds to lawmakers' requests for documents about U.S. drug and food safety.
Rep. John Dingell, the Democratic chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, accused the FDA of dragging its feet in responding to his panel's oversight subcommittee.
A general view of the Forbidden City amid a dust storm in the center of Beijing May 24, 2007. Worsening air and water pollution and frequent use of food additives and pesticides made cancer the top killer in China last year, state media reported last week, citing health experts.
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how is everyone doin’
Secret for the House Committee ~ don’t eat the lettuce, and sure as heck don’t try to edge Fido or Spot out of his place in front of the doggy bowl.
Since January, the committee has asked the FDA to provide documents about generic drug approvals, an outbreak of salmonella in peanut butter, post-market surveillance of the antibiotic Ketek, contamination of pet food with ingredients imported from China, and antibiotic resistance linked to wide use of drugs in farm animals."The delays and the quality of responses to the committee's requests concerning FDA are unacceptable," Dingell said in a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt. Leavitt's department oversees the FDA.
Dingell also complained that in some instances, the FDA turned over redacted records to the committee without any prior consultations about the redactions.
Why does the FDA hate America?
My uberliberal congresscrit is on this committee. He’s going to get an earful from moi.
Good for you!
Somebody higher up hates us. The FDA budget has been cut in half over the last few years and is a bankrupted system.
With the growth of the global economy, they don’t have nearly enough inspectors. A food processor in this country is only inspected, on average, once every 10 yrs.
Well, heck... I received my new issue of Life Extension magazine this month and the headline is FDA and congress want to ban DHEA..... according to everything I’ve accessed few if anyone has ever died from vitamins or something like DHEA but people do die from drugs and vaccinatons, too... heck one of the new cholesterol drugs has a warning: Can cause the spleen to rupture..
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