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5 Jun 2009, 4:38 am
Newly appointed FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is reported to have put the agency's acting chief scientist in charge of the review, which could take 3-6 months. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 2:59 am
Two senators are urging the Food and Drug Administration to revise its recommendations on how much fish pregnant and nursing women can safely eat.In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Sens. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 2:59 am
On Monday, 45 U.S. representatives and 10 U.S. senators signed a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg in support of a legal petition that asks the FDA to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods.The petition, filed by nonprofit Center for Food Safety and supported by more than 400 health and consumer organizations and businesses, argues that consumers require more complete labeling in order to make informed decisions. [read post]
15 Jan 2010, 1:51 pm by WIMS
Jan 15: In a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook questions why FDA has remained silent when other Federal public health and environmental agencies have targeted the plastics ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) as a chemical of concern to human health [See WIMS 6/10/08]. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 10:58 am
The other is Margaret Hamburg, who served as assistant secretary of health and human services for policy and evaluation in the Clinton administration and before that was New York City health commissioner. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 5:31 pm by News Desk
Margaret Hamburg, who resigned earlier this year after nearly six years as FDA Commissioner to take a job with the Institute of Medicine as its foreign secretary. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
 The coalition explained in a letter  to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg that more consumers are trying to make better, informed choices about the foods they eat and that FDA has the ability to provide consumers with the informational tools to make smarter decisions.The letter noted that "[w]hile current regulations stipulate what foods can be labeled 'No Sugar Added' or use a similar phrase, there is currently no requirement that added sugars be… [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 2:59 am
Food and Drug Administration Thursday to ban the extra-label use of certain antibiotics in food animal production that are of critical importance in human medicine.In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Rep. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 2:59 am
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg this week asking the agency to collect more data on antibiotics used in food animal production. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 9:00 am
" "I was frankly stunned at the scope of the problem," said FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg during a news conference last week. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 7:38 am by Robert Oszakiewski
UPDATE: The parties in International Center for Technology Assessment et al v Hamburg, in a stipulation filed with the court on January 13, 2012, agreed  to grant the EPA " an extension of time to April 23, 2012 to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the complaint". [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 8:56 am by admin
  According to the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, “we will see more cases likely through October. [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 3:11 am
Last week, in a presentation to the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), new FDA Commissioner Margaret A. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
LePage, Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Ben Brancel, Sheldon Lavin, POTUS (the president of the United States), and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg end up on the Food Safety News 2014 naughty list? [read post]