FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Analyses
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendment (S. 1520), 20960 [29JY]
Articles and editorials
Cancer Patience, 36931 [17DE]
Collagen Is Not Derived From Human Sources, 12424 [16MY]
Expert Still Troubled by Aspartame, 22293 [1AU]
FDA Approval Boost Hershey Heart, 5679 [20MR]
Fertility Problem, 1127 [24JA]
Food Irradiation, 19740-19742 [18JY]
GAO Investigating NutraSweet Approval, 22291 [1AU]
Internal FDA Uncertainties About Aspartame Safety Reflected in 1981 Memo, 10807 [7MY]
Miscarriages, Early Births Higher in DES Daughters, 1126 [24JA]
Non-Negotiable Law, 15809 [13JN]
Scientists Suggest NutraSweet Link to Brain Damage, 22290 [1AU]
Stanford University's President Gets High Marks on Leadership, 9845 [30AP]
Study on Mice Shows Aspartame Problems, Researchers Say, 22291 [1AU]
Sweetener's Effects—New Questions Raised, 22292 [1AU]
U.S. Urged To Warn Women Who Took DES—Study Links Drug to Breast-Cancer Risk, 1127 [24JA]
Bills and resolutions
Color additives: repeal provisional listing (see H.R. 3095)
Cyclamates: compensation for losses incurred as result of 1969-70 misrepresentations relative to carcinogenic effects (see H.R. 3637)
Drug industry: strengthen control over use of drugs and secure data on adverse reactions (see H.R. 1672)
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend (see S. 1520)
Food: labeling requirements (see S. 264)
Infant formulas: labeling requirements (see S. 265)
Investigators: limit compensation when using medical devices under certain exemption (see H.R. 3118)
Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see S. 288)
Draft
Objections to a Final Rule Permitting the Use of Aspartame in Carbonated Beverages: National Soft Drink Association, 10818 [7MY]
Explanations
Pesticide Import and Export Act (H.R. 1416), 4546 [5MR]
Letters
Proposed ban on certain nonnutritive food dyes: Representative Feighan, 2014 [6FE]
Research on sweetener aspartame, 22295-22303, 22309 [1AU]
User fees on drug certification applications: Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 27661 [16OC]
———Senators Hatch and Kennedy, 27661 [16OC]
Memorandums
Effects of Certain Artificial Sweeteners on Human Health, 10801 [7MY]
———Dept. of HHS, 10802 [7MY]
Regulations Implementing Uniform Infant Formula Quality Control Standards (excerpt), 917 [24JA]
Memorials of legislature
Pennsylvania, 10695 [7MY]
Remarks in House
Artificial heart implant: development, 5679 [20MR]
Coal tar dyes: Dept. of HHS extension, 15809 [13JN]
Commissioner: require Senate confirmation (H.R. 3909), 36121 [11DE]
Cyclamates: damages for growers, manufacturers, packers and distributers as result of FDA misrepresentations (H.R. 3637), 29559 [29OC]
Diethylstilbestrol (DES): registry and screening assistance (H.R. 508), 1126-1128 [24JA]
Drug exports: establish conditions (H.R. 3995), 38808, 38813 [20DE]
Drugs: exempt capsulated herbs, foods, and vitamins from definition (H.R. 1819), 6900 [28MR]
FDA Approval Labeling Act: enact (H.R. 2244), 9556 [25AP], 16914 [24JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to orphan drug provisions (S. 1147), 22807 [1AU]
Food: radiation treatment, 15553 [13JN]
Food dyes: proposed ban on certain nonnutritive, 2014 [6FE]
Food irradiation: safety, 17966 [27JN]
Foods Are Not Drugs Act: enact (H.R. 2583), 13346 [22MY]
Hazardous Drug Export Control Act: enact (H.R. 3962), 37494 [17DE]
Medicare: proposals to reduce fraud and abuse (H.R. 3061), 22661 [1AU]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 149), 2333 [7FE]
Obstetric Care Information Act: enact (H.R. 2685), 14773 [6JN]
Pesticide Import and Export Act: enact (H.R. 1416), 4544 [5MR]
Pesticides: assure that residues in food are safe for human consumption (H.R. 2924), 17970 [27JN]
Quinn, Taylor M.: tribute, 3681 [26FE]
Red dyes: ban cancer causing food additives, 17544 [26JN]
Salmonella poisoning: recent cases, 19735 [18JY]
Remarks in Senate
Alcoholic beverages: labeling requirements-24921 [25SE]
Aspartame: public information and study of health effects (S. 1557), 22287 [1AU]
Cancer: patient access to experimental treatments, 36931 [17DE]
Drugs: prohibit user fees on applications for certification, 27661-27662 [16OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend (S. 1520), 20958 [29JY]
Food: labeling requirements (S. 264), 999 [24JA]
———labeling requirements (S. 1699), 24770 [24SE]
Food additives: approval of use of aspartame sweetner, 26177 [4OC]
———require completion of safety evaluation of sulfiting agents, 27671-27676 [16OC]
Infant Formula Act: implement uniform quality control standards (S. 265), 915-917 [24JA]
Kennedy, Donald: tribute, 9844 [30AP]
Regulatory functions: congressional oversight, 37559 [18DE]
Research: funding for study of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 27683 [16OC]
Sulfiting agents: ban, 19029 [15JY]
Reports
Aspartame-Induced Granulomatous Panniculitis, 22315 [1AU]
Biochemical and Neuropsychological Effects of Elevated Plasma Phenylalanine, 22311-22315 [1AU]
HHS's Failure to Enforce Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-151), 13889 [3JN]
Remove Prohibition on Labeling and Advertising Under Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2244) (H. Rept. 99-143), 13435 [23MY]
Statements
Effects of Certain Artificial Sweeteners on Human Health, 10799, 10800 [7MY]
———Arthur Hayes, 10823 [7MY]
Research on Sweetener Aspartame (sundry), 22288, 22289, 22303-22311 [1AU]
Summaries
Establish Conditions for Drug Exports (H.R. 3995), 38808 [20DE]
Texts of
H.R. 1416, Pesticide Import and Export Act, 4545 [5MR]
H.R. 2244, FDA Approval Labeling Act, 9556 [25AP], 16914 [24JN]
H.R. 2685, Obstetric Care Information Act, 14774 [6JN]
S. 265, Infant Formula Act uniform quality control standards, 916 [24JA]
S. 1520, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act amendment, 20959 [29JY]
S. 1557, study of health effects of products containing aspartame, 22289 [1AU]
Transcripts
Sweetener Aspartame, 22294 [1AU]