From Natural Products INSIDER
By Steve Myers
Once again, the Natural Products Association (NPA) is seeding a grassroots campaign to fight Congressional opposition to the dietary supplement industry and DSHEA. In the wake of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin’s latest bill, this one proposing mandatory dietary supplement company registration and an FDA/IOM-compiled list of potentially dangerous ingredients, NPA is urging its 1,900-plus members to send letters to their legislators asking them to oppose Durbin’s bill, the Dietary Supplement Labeling Act.
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Can FDA Afford to Implement New Food Safety Measures?
From Natural Products INSIDER
By Steve Myers
The passage of an ambitious new food safety act (Food Safety Modernization Act) presents a new challenge to an old problem at FDA: will the agency receive the funding it needs to implement the new system and effectively undertake its new enforcement activities?
In a press teleconference today, FDA Chief Peggy Hamburg said some of the mandated activities the bill requires of FDA were previously set in motion by the agency, so they will be theoretically introduced more quickly and efficiently. However, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the cost of the new food safety system at around $1.4 billion over five years. Hamburg, who said Congress has basically told FDA to build a new system for monitoring and enforcing food safety, was not terribly forthcoming about her agency’s expectations for receiving the funding needed to meet this cost.
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By Steve Myers
The passage of an ambitious new food safety act (Food Safety Modernization Act) presents a new challenge to an old problem at FDA: will the agency receive the funding it needs to implement the new system and effectively undertake its new enforcement activities?
In a press teleconference today, FDA Chief Peggy Hamburg said some of the mandated activities the bill requires of FDA were previously set in motion by the agency, so they will be theoretically introduced more quickly and efficiently. However, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the cost of the new food safety system at around $1.4 billion over five years. Hamburg, who said Congress has basically told FDA to build a new system for monitoring and enforcing food safety, was not terribly forthcoming about her agency’s expectations for receiving the funding needed to meet this cost.
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