PRODUCT SAFETY

Addresses

America's Liability Explosion—Can We Afford the Cost?: Robert H. Malott, 30638-30639 [6NO]

Amendments

CPSC: authorizing appropriations (S. 1077), 20358, 20361 [24JY]

National Child Safety Week: designate (S.J. Res. 45), 8929, 8949 [23AP]

Amendments offered by, to

CPSC: authorize appropriations (S. 1077), 20329-20331 [24JY]

Analyses

CPSC Appropriations (S. 1077), 10544 [6MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendment (S. 1520), 20960 [29JY]

Pesticides Health and Safety Testing Information (S. 1303), 15897 [17JN]

Articles and editorials

Dyes That Stain, 20878 [29JY]

Expert Still Troubled by Aspartame, 22293 [1AU]

GAO Investigating NutraSweet Approval, 22291 [1AU]

How Not To Regulate, 20879 [29JY]

Lipstick You Can Live With, 20879 [29JY]

Scientists Suggest NutraSweet Link to Brain Damage, 22290 [1AU]

Study on Mice Shows Aspartame Problems, Researchers Say, 22291 [1AU]

Sweetener's Effects—New Questions Raised, 22292 [1AU]

2 More Deaths Linked to Sulfite in Food Are Under Scrutiny, 24919 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: inspection and labeling of imported meat and meat food products (see H.R. 2103)

Alcoholic beverages: warning label about health hazards (see H.R. 2656)

Animals: prohibit imports from countries using certain agricultural chemicals or drugs (see H.R. 2937)

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act: amend (see H.R. 766)

Aspartame: public information and study of health effects (see S. 1557)

Aspirin: warning labels (see S. 538; H.R. 1381)

Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety: establish (see H.R. 1433)

Color additives: repeal provisional listing (see S. 1512; H.R. 3095)

Commissioner of Food and Drugs: appointment subject to Senate confirmation (see H.R. 3909)

Consumer Product Safety Act: extension (see H.R. 2630)

Courts: uniform liability law (see H.R. 2568)

CPSC: authority over amusement parks (see S. 702; H.R. 1596)

———authorize appropriations (see S. 1077)

Crime and criminals: penalty for nondisclosure of certain information by manufacturers (see H.R. 2966)

Drug industry: disclosure of active and inactive ingredients on label (see S. 1411)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend (see S. 1520; H.R. 2177)

Food: labeling requirements (see S. 264)

———prohibit imports from countries having substandard use of certain antibiotics in food-producing animals (see H.R. 2379)

Food industry: prohibit use of sulfiting agents (see H.R. 1427)

Hazardous substances: export restrictions (see H.R. 638)

———reform certain export notification procedures (see S. 1380)

Infant formulas: labeling requirements (see S. 265)

Investigators: limit compensation when using medical devices under certain exemption (see H.R. 3118)

Liability system: uniform law (see S. 1999)

Mandatory Fish Inspection Act: enact (see H.R. 1989)

Meat and meat food products: prohibit imports from countries using certain agricultural chemicals or drugs (see H.R. 2937)

Meat and poultry: interstate sale for State-inspected products (see S. 192)

Motor vehicles: bumper standards (see S. 862; H.R. 1154)

———manufacturers to furnish information on crashworthiness (see H.R. 1645)

———penalty for manufacturers failing to notify owners of safety defects (see H.R. 1556)

———safety and emission standards for imports (see S. 921)

National Child Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 45)

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: authorize appropriations (see S. 863)

Office Products User Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 635)

Pesticides: content and transfer information on imported and exported products (see H.R. 1416)

———health and safety testing information from manufacturers (see S. 1303)

———safety (see H.R. 1910)

Poisons: development and operation of control centers (see S. 182)

Restaurants: requirements when serving imported meat and meat food products (see H.R. 2896)

Sulfiting agents: prohibit (see S. 573)

Uniform Product Liability Act: enact (see S. 100)

Letters

Research on sweetener aspartame, 22295-22303, 22309 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Product liability insurance: cost and availability, 2884 [21FE]

Remarks in Senate

Alcoholic beverages: labeling requirements, 24919-24921 [25SE]

Aspartame: public information and study of health effects (S. 1557), 22287 [1AU]

Color additives: repeal provisional listing (S. 1512), 20877 [29JY]

Courts: liability laws, 30638 [6NO]

CPSC: authorize appropriations (S. 1077), 10544 [6MY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1077), 20355, 20368 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: food labeling requirements, 33081 [21NO]

FDA: congressional oversight of regulatory functions, 37559 [18DE]

———sulfite ban, 19029 [15JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend (S. 1520), 20958 [29JY]

Food: carcinogens, 32220 [18NO]

———labeling requirements (S. 264), 999 [24JA]

———labeling requirements (S. 1699), 24770 [24SE]

Foreign trade: labeling requirements for imported meat and poultry, 33353-33358 [22NO]

Liability system: uniform law, 38772 [20DE]

National Child Safety Week: designate (S.J. Res. 45), 1983 [6FE], 7821 [15AP], 8929 [23AP]

Pesticides: health and safety testing information from manufacturers (S. 1303), 15891 [17JN]

———reform control law (S. 1303), 16047 [18JN]

Sulfiting agents: prohibit (S. 573), 19029 [15JY]

Reports

Aspartame-Induced Granulomatous Panniculitis, 22315 [1AU]

Biochemical and Neuropsychological Effects of Elevated Plasma Phenylalanine, 22311-22315 [1AU]

Statements

Research on Sweetener Aspartame (sundry), 22288, 22289, 22303-22311 [1AU]

Texts of

Product Liability Voluntary Claims and Uniform Standards Act, 38788-38796 [30DE]

S. 1077, authorize appropriations for CPSC, 10544 [6MY]

S. 1077, authorizing appropriations for the CPSC, 20367 [24JY]

S. 1303, pesticides health and safety testing information from manufacturers, 15891-15897 [17JN]

S. 1512, repeal provisional listing of color additives, 20879 [29JY]

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]