The Food and Drug Administration is so understaffed that, at its current pace, the agency would need at least 27 years to inspect every foreign medical device plant that exports to the United States, 13 years to check every foreign drug plant and 1,900 years to examine every foreign food plant, according to government investigators.
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FDA In Need of Immediate Attention
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged FDA, Food and drug recall, health on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Frankenfood- EU and US Look At Allowing Cloned Milk & Meat
Posted in Agribusiness, interesting tidbits, tagged Agribusiness, Cattle, Cloning, EU, FDA, Food, health on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Both the EU and the US took steps toward allowing meat and milk from cloned animals into the marketplace this week. The FDA could give it’s final ruling on the issue as early as next week. The EU body which is required to take ethical and social considerations into account, (unlike the FDA, [...]
Ok sure, keep cutting research
Posted in H5N1, health, politics, tagged Bird Flu, H5N1, health, Health research, people, politics on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC is running a story about the spread of bird flu strain H5N1 in Suffolk. The US website PandemicFlu.gov tells us we’re seeking public comment on the first draft of a flu vaccine plan. Color us, nonplussed.
Further:
Pandemicflu.gov
Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
World Health Organization- Confirmed Human [...]
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