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FDA Let Drugs Approved on Fraudulent Research Stay on the Market by Rob Garver and Charles Seife for ProPublica On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston [...]
Food Chemical Regulations Rely Heavily on Industry Self-Policing and Lack Transparency by The PEW Charitable Trusts Safety decisions concerning one-third of the more than 10,000 substances that may be added to human food were made by food manufacturers [...]
The federal Food and Drug Administration’s new sunscreen rules seem likely to do away with the worst hype in ads and on labels. The agency has barred the claims “waterproof,” “sweatproof” and “sunblock,” boasts that were never achievable. The FDA has, for the first time, set a minimum performance standard for sunscreens that use the term “broad spectrum” to denote that they provide a measure of protection from ultraviolet-A rays.
For all their promise, since genetically modified crops made their commercial debut in the United States about 15 years ago, the biotech industry has so far had only limited success in using genetics to develop resistance to bacterial diseases. If the new-age crop developers fall short now, it could dent some of their long-standing claims about ensuring global food security and making pesky farm pests a thing of the past.
The vague language of the bill has caused many to object to S.510, fearing that increased power for the FDA and the HHS will also mean increased costs, paperwork and strict regulations that could bring down the axe on the already dwindling numbers of small farms. In a recent action alert, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) summarizes, “The new regulations could erect new barriers to these important markets for small and mid-scale farmers unable to bear the expense of compliance.”