Word: fda
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...ahead, eat like a horse. The FDA is allowing foodmakers to claim OATS may help the heart, provided they also state that the grain must be part of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet...
...order to prevent that, FDA Commissioner David Kessler is proposing a new measure--set to take effect later this year--that forbids using cattle parts in animal feed but still permits them in fertilizer. The government concedes that switching to protein substitutes like soy would cost U.S. feed producers up to $48 million a year, and the industry insists that the final figure would be much higher. Whatever the price, however, Kessler believes it's worth it. "The risk of BSE is small but real," he says. "If a case did occur in this country, we want to wall...
Critics say this is an attempt to get pop music-loving kids to smoke. "Ninety percent of smokers began before age 18," says Brian Ruberry, spokesperson for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "As FDA rules take away more weapons, tobacco companies need to find a way to reach kids...
...fact, a new FDA rule scheduled to go into effect in August will prohibit tobacco companies from selling or giving away products with their brand names or logos on them. Philip Morris is challenging the rule in court. A hearing has been set for February, but appeals could drag on for more than a year...
...Sniffle sufferers may have to forsake the popular antihistamine SELDANE--which doesn't make you sleepy. The fda may ban the drug because it can cause abnormal heart rhythms--even death--when taken with certain antibiotics and antifungals...