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• FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue

  we have worked very hard to sort of figure out what really makes sense and also what is implementable," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Hamburg said menu labeling has turned out to be one of the FDA's   Read more »

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• House panel questions FDA official's resignation

  Please use the form below to email this article. (Reuters) - A House of Representatives panel is investigating the circumstances surrounding the resignation from the Food and Drug Administration of its acting deputy commissioner for medical products and   from LifeScript Read more »

• Michael Halpern: Duped Again on Emergency Contraception

  I feel like Charlie Brown. A few weeks ago, I celebrated as a federal judge ordered the FDA to follow the medical evidence and make the emergency contraception known as "Plan B" available over the counter without restrictions. Under both President Obama   from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Food Additive Rules May Be Revamped Among Growing Safety Concerns

  By Toni Clarke New York, May 6 (Reuters) - Amid growing public concern over the safety of additives in products ranging from caffeinated energy drinks to industrial chemicals in food containers and water bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is   from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Sequestration will compromise ability for FDA to do its job

  Margaret Hamburg, chief of the Food & Drug Administration, says spending cuts associated with sequestration will make it harder for the FDA to conduct inspections and may lead to slower drug approval. At Thomson Reuters we believe that the right informat   from Thomson Reuters Blog Read more »

• Justice Dept. to appeal judge's order on Plan B pill

  The Justice Department said late Wednesday that it is appealing a U.S. judge's order that lifted all age limits on buying the Plan B "morning-after" birth control pill without a prescription. The appeal, along with a request for an injunction, would not   from Burlington Free Press Read more »