May 11, 2010
I ate a salad for lunch yesterday. Only today did I remember that I read in the Washington Post yesterday that there is a recall underway for bagged romaine lettuce and that the recall is expanding per the FDA. I … Continue reading →
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September 8, 2009
For months now, there have been growing signs of the determination of the Obama Administration to engage the FDA as never before in the prevention of risk – on food, drugs and devices. The latest iteration of this came today … Continue reading →
July 9, 2009
In May 2007, the FDA responded to an increasingly vocal set of critics in Congress by appointing Dr. David Acheson at FDA to "Assistant Commissioner for Food Safety" – with the media quickly dubbing him as the new "food safety … Continue reading →
June 4, 2009
For a long time now, I've been convinced that there would emerge something on the order of a FPUFA (Food Producer User Fee Act) not only because it is fun to say, but because for a long time, there has … Continue reading →
April 7, 2009
There have been a lot of changes at the FDA in the past few weeks – changes in personnel and changes in approach. Today the New York Times reports that Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, who has taken the reigns as Acting … Continue reading →