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Food Processing January 2005 David Joy	Regulatory Issues: The FDA agenda for 2005 As in the past, the FDA has a full agenda of food regulatory matters in 2005. So it's not good that the FDA's scientists are demoralized and the agency stands accused of being too friendly with a regulated industry.
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Prepared Foods August 11, 2006	Enrichment and Health Claims This article highlights several threshold legal principles that govern what nutrients may be added to which foods and at what levels.
Science News January 3, 2004 Kate Ramsayer	Putting Labels on Nutrients Do those nutrition fact boxes on packaged foods supply the information that people really need? Two new reports suggest that they don't.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Labels and Liability New FDA guidance aims at better communication of risks. But it creates some, too.
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Chemistry World October 27, 2006 Emma Davies	Sulfate Solution to Acrylamide Problem Simple changes in farming methods could help reduce levels of acrylamide, the suspected carcinogen and possible neurotoxin, in wheat-based foods, according to UK researchers.
Science News April 2, 2005 Janet Raloff	Improving Prospects for Functional Foods The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) reports the nutraceutical industry faces major roadblocks to expansion unless the federal government institutes new regulations to streamline the FDA's evaluation of candidates for this novel class of products.
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Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: The Pendulum Swings FDA cracks down on safety. Haven't we been here before? Perhaps in the end, the public will have a better understanding of the dangers associated with all pharmaceuticals and how virtually impossible it is to guarantee a risk-free medical treatment.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2006 Richard A. Epstein	FDA vs. the Individual In this excerpt from his important new book Overdose, an ever controversial legal scholar argues that the current system overvalues risk, ignores individual differences, and deprives patients of valuable treatments.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: After Plan B: Out of the Quagmire, into the Data The morning-after pill goes OTC, with some special requirements. But is FDA's drug information system up to the task of tracking how it is used?
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