Word: fda
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They could become available, that is, if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lets Procter & Gamble put products cooked with olestra on the market. This month, after decades of study and deliberation, that decision should finally come down. Last spring a group of senior FDA scientists concluded that olestra could safely be used in chips and other nonsweet snacks. In November, after four exhaustive days of meetings, most members of an FDA-appointed food advisory committee agreed...
...there's just one more hurdle: FDA commissioner David Kessler has to give final approval before olestra-based snacks can be sold to the public. But while commissioners almost always go along with their scientists' and advisory committees' recommendations, Kessler is weighing this one with special care. Olestra could become a staple in the diets of tens of millions of Americans, so it's crucial that it be safe. Moreover, nearly a third of all Americans are obese, and the combination of high-fat diets and extra weight contributes to heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and several types...
...HEARTBURN HEAVEN These days there are more ways to treat heartburn than to get it. Two widely prescribed anti-ulcer drugs--Pepcid and Tagamet--were approved by the fda as over-the-counter remedies. A third drug, called Zantac, will become available...
...luster. After a number of close calls, including an October 30 incident in which a co-pilot had to take the controls from a temporarily blinded pilot, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered Las Vegas casinos to shut down their nightly laser light shows over the city. The FDA, which regulates lasers because of their use as medical devices, made the order in response to complaints from pilots who have been momentarily blinded as light beams flash through their cockpits. The problem has accelerated in the past two years as a number of casinos began showing nightly laser light...
...largest U.S. drug companies, Warner-Lambert, pleaded guilty to lying to the Food and Drug Administration about its product-testing methods and agreed to pay a $10 million fine. According to the fda, the company covered up the fact that certain drugs were not chemically stable and lost their potency over time, which in turn meant that patients got lower dosages than they should have...