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28 Aug 2014, 11:09 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Nita Lowey (D-NY) asked FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg whether the agency will need more than the proposed $24-million increase requested in discretionary funding. [read post]
20 May 2010, 2:59 am
 The draft proposals, which will be published in the Federal Register this week, are part of the second phase of the FDA's Transparency Initiative launched last summer by FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg in response to the Obama Administration's commitment to "an unprecedented level of openness in Government. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 2:59 am
As Food & Water Watch pointed out in its letter, few pet owners or veterinarians are currently aware of the issue at all, as the warnings only get posted on the FDA's website.The letter to Commissioner Hamburg came Wednesday -- 2 days before Food & Water Watch will hand-deliver to Hamburg and FDA Deputy Commissioner Michael Taylor a petition signed by 18,000 individuals asking the agency to issue a recall of all Chinese chicken jerky treats. [read post]
4 Oct 2009, 3:00 am
 Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Margaret Hamburg has also indicated that her agency will be sensitive to small farm concerns in crafting the details of food safety regulation. [read post]
17 Jul 2010, 2:17 pm
The Journal notes that the FDA is under immense pressure to remove Avandia from the market, especially from FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg's deputy chief Dr. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 2:00 pm by Tom Lamb
(Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On January 21, 2010 the Health Research Group arm of Public Citizen sent its "Petition to Ban Fibromyalgia Drug Milnacipran (Savella)" to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 4:01 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. 40% of drugs taken in this country come from other countries. 80% of the active ingredients. [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 11:06 pm by Lydia Zuraw
“Strikingly, Americans eat and drink about a third of their calories away from home – often consuming less nutritious foods and also underestimating the calories that they eat,” FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told reporters Monday evening. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Food and Drug Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, and Chef Comerford all took part in press events to boost the image of Gulf seafood to assure consumers the products would be closely monitored and oiled seafood would not make it to market.In September, Comerford and Hamburg traveled to the Gulf to talk seafood safety. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Margaret Hamburg told both the House and Senate agriculture appropriations subcommittees that more money is critical for modernizing inspections and retraining staff, providing guidance and technical assistance, working with states, and raising the level of oversight overseas. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Margaret Hamburg on a call with reporters Monday. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 1:59 am
 Hamburg's group also met with Chinese state FDA official Shao Mingli in Beijing, and the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau's Xu Jinji in Shanghai.Back from China, Hamburg scheduled a "site visit and meeting regarding food safety" in Salinas, CA with U.S. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 2:59 am
He is with Hogan, Lovelis US, LLP, a firm that does a lot of work for the food industry.A couple weeks laer, on April 21, Taylor met over "food safety legislation" with the "Safe Food Coalition," including such food safety advocates as Courtney Brein,Tony Corbo, Sandra Eskin, Ami Gadhia, Dara Lieberman, Erick Olsen, David Plunkett, Christopher Waldrop, Carol-Tucker Foreman, Nancy Donley, Patricia Buck, Jean Halloran, Caroline Smith DeWaal and Sonia Roberts.Taylor also met on… [read post]
19 May 2011, 2:59 am
 EWG President Ken Cook and several of the nation's top physicians and scientists wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg this week urging them to no longer delay the release of the most recent test results. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 10:20 am
The President has tipped former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to be the agency's new commissioner. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 3:51 pm by Gregory J. Brod
The Consumers Union recently sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, requesting that the agency act this year to ban the use of BPA in food and beverage-content materials. [read post]
14 May 2012, 2:30 am
On March 9, 2012, the women’s groups mailed a letter to Margaret Hamburg, FDA commissioner, that expressed their concern over the members of the voting panel. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Annie Chou
   The Senate bill follows recent reported statements of FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg that, because of difficulties finding qualified experts, the FDA was considering loosening its conflict-of-interest rules. [read post]