Word: saben
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...sham H1N1 products - part of the agency's stepped-up anti-fake campaign that has agents sweeping the Internet for hoaxes and shutting down scammers. "This is a great example of using enforcement as a tool to protect the public health and achieve a credible deterrent," says Alyson Saben, the deputy director of the FDA's office of enforcement, within the office of regulatory affairs. (See pictures of soccer in the time of swine...
...manufacturers, ordering them to stop making unlawful claims related to H1N1 or else withdraw the products immediately. Those companies that failed to comply could be hit with criminal prosecution. "We wanted to make the public aware of what it might be purchasing, and take care of themselves," says Saben...
...they put them up. Through June 22, the FDA issued 54 warning letters involving more than 100 products, achieving compliance with nearly three-quarters of them. "The bottom line is that we want to make sure that these products don't proliferate in the marketplace and harm consumers," says Saben...
...points out that in the case of a public-health emergency like H1N1, we all have an interest in making sure that quack products are exposed, lest they allow the virus to spread more easily. "That's why the FDA has put out an aggressive strategy," says Saben. "These products pose a significant threat to public health." The products might be fake - but the H1N1 virus is very real...
...quien creo anuncios borrosos y sentimentales que se enfocaban en el candidato en vez de los temas y promet?an a los latinos que los republicanos compart?an sus valores familiares, responsabilidad personal y dedicaci?n al trabajo. ?Ronald Reagan me hizo comprender que los latinos son republicanos, s?lo que no lo saben todav?a?, dice Sosa, que ha participado en seis campa?as presidenciales. Con la ayuda de Sosa, George W. Bush logr? capturar el 40% del voto hispano, un incremento gigantesco sobre el 21% que recibi? Bob Dole en 1996. Ahora parcialmente jubilado, Sosa, de 66 a?os, se dedica a pintar y escribir...