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...Food and Drug Administration has decided that, effective June 1, children's aspirin must be packaged with not more than 36 tablets to a bottle, each tablet of not more than 1¼-grain strength, or one-fourth the potency of the conventional tablet for adults. The FDA's Dr. Basil G. Delta figures that one grain of aspirin per pound of body weight is the danger threshold. So, if a five-year-old weighing the average 45 Ibs. for his age gobbled a whole 45-grain bottle of the future children's aspirin, he would...
...FDA wishes that manufacturers would stop selling candy-flavored aspirin, because this makes it more dangerous to children. But the FDA has not yet seen fit to issue a ruling on that...
Approval of the fish flour by the Food and Drug Administration marked the end of a long struggle within the Government. Illinois' VioBin Corp. has been exporting fish flour since 1955, and in 1961 the company sought FDA approval for U.S. distribution. Though VioBin expected only a modest market in the U.S., where protein-deficient diets are not a major problem, U.S. approval promised to help convince countless purchasers overseas. But the FDA then ruled that no matter how well it might be sterilized in processing, the light tan powder must be considered "adulterated and filthy" because it included...
Odorless & Tasteless. The upshot of five years of research was a series of compromises. According to the latest FDA ruling, the only fish that may be used are hake* and related species. They must be iced as soon as caught, like all other fish for human consumption. In processing, though the whole fish is used, some bone is removed to keep the fluoride content below 100 parts per-million. The final flour of "FPC" parts (fish protein concentrate) must contain 75% protein and practically...
...processed, fish flour is virtually odorless and tasteless, and Interior Department researchers report that it blends well in soups, noodles, gravy, bread-even cookies and milk shakes. Even so, FDA Commissioner James L.Goddard insists that the individual consumer must be free to determine for himself whether he wants this new product in his diet. Sale in the U.S. will be permitted only in 1-lb. packages, which is expected to make it too complicated and expensive for food manufacturers to use.The ban on bulk distribution will not apply to exports...