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FDA to reexamine BPA safety; lawmakers question industry influence.(FDA)
June 8, 2009... The Obama administration will take a new look at the science supporting FDA's safety decision on bisphenol A, the controversial chemical found in food containers, new FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced at a June 3 congressional hearing in response to a request by top Democratic...

Hamburg to Congress: FDA can't meet bill's inspection schedule.
June 8, 2009... Even with an additional $378 million expected from new industry user fees, FDA still would not be able to meet the accelerated schedule for facility inspections in the food safety bill proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.), new FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg...

2 for 3 in California.(Brief article)
June 8, 2009... 2 FOR 3 IN CALIFORNIA: The California Senate on June 3 passed one bill (SB 550) that would require grocers to alert customers of recalled items at checkout and another (SB 173) to allow only public health officials to write voluntary recall regulations, but it defeated a bill (SB 416) that...

Back in the old neighborhood.(Beltway Notebook)(William Hubbard)(Brief article)
June 8, 2009... BACK IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD: Retired FDA policy chief William Hubbard, a key player in recent efforts to step up appropriations for FDA, is reportedly back at the agency advising the new top management on policy matters. Hubbard, who retired as associate commissioner for policy and...

Meat sans melamine.(Beltway Notebook)
June 8, 2009... MEAT SANS MELAMINE: The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that it did not find unsafe levels of melamine in any of the 539 meat and poultry products it tested between Dec. 15 and Mar. 24, 2009. Prompted by the discovery of melamine in imported milk-derived food...