FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (S. 2792), 28934, 28935-28938, 28948, 28950, 28971, 28973, 28974, 28978, 28979, 28982, 28983, 28985, 29036-29039, 29045-29049 [6OC]

Analyses

Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 2512), 12488-12491 [4JN]

Articles and editorials

Agreeing on Pesticides, 28933 [6OC]

Bugged on Pesticides?, 28931 [6OC]

Combine Federal Regulation of Health and Safety Under One Authority, 22260 [8SE]

Don't Zap Pesticide Bills, 23048 [12SE], 28933 [6OC]

Environmental Crossroads, 28930 [6OC]

Farmers Purse Strings May Tie Up Chemical Legislation, 28980 [6OC]

FDA Politicization Called Hazardous to Health, 605 [28JA], 791 [29JA]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act—State and Local Responsibilities (excerpt), 24755 [23SE]

Feds Should Chew on Fast-Food Standards, 13164 [10JN]

Need Cited for U.S. Testing for Hospital Disinfectants, 28949 [6OC]

New Growth Industry in Human Growth Hormone?, 29391 [7OC]

On the Congressional Agenda—Improved Pesticide Control Law, 28932 [6OC]

Pre-Empting California, 28932 [6OC]

Protection From Pesticides, 28931 [6OC]

Sealing the Deal on Pesticide Reform, 28931 [6OC]

States' Rights and Pesticides, 28931, 28932 [6OC]

Test on Pesticides, 28933 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions

Commissioner: Senate confirmation (see H.R. 4754)

Commissioner of Food and Drugs: appointment (see S. 2025)

Drug industry: 7-year exclusive marketing privilege for other companies due to simultaneous development (see S. 2772)

Fast food restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (see H.R. 4935)

Food Safety Modernization Act: enact (see S. 2512)

Medical instruments and apparatus: improve regulations (see H.R. 5516)

Santa Monica Bay, CA: study of toxic contamination of fish (see S. 2126; H.R. 4277)

Statute: establish by law (see S. 2154)

Transitional devices: reclassification (see S. 2771)

Letters

Authority for States to set uniform tolerance levels for pesticides: Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of West Virginia, 28954 [6OC]

———Florida Dept. of Health and Rehabilitation, 28958 [6OC]

———George Deukmejian, Governor of California, 28955 [6OC]

———George R. Ariyoshi, Governor of Hawaii, 28953, 28954 [6OC]

———John Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, 28964 [6OC]

———Madeleine M. Kunin, Governor of Vermont, 28954 [6OC]

———National Governors' Association, 28956, 28962 [6OC]

———Richard H. Bryan, Governor of Nevada, 28956 [6OC]

———Richard W. Riley, Governor of South Carolina, 28955 [6OC]

———Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana, 28964 [6OC]

———Robert Kerrey, Governor of Nebraska, 28956 [6OC]

———Texas Dept. of Health, 28960 [6OC]

———Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 28953 [6OC]

———Toney Anaya, Governor of New Mexico, 28955 [6OC]

———sundry, 28964-28970 [6OC]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: American Diabetes Association, Inc., 13164 [10JN]

Infant formula: Formula (organization), 26776 [27SE]

Infant formula regulations: Carol Laskin and Lynne Pilot (excerpt), 10334 [12MY]

———Senator Metzenbaum (excerpt), 10380 [13MY]

———(sundry excerpts), 10380 [13MY]

Regulation of medical devices: Senator Hatch, 12087 [2JN]

Lists

Problems with infant formulas since 1982: Formula (organization), 10334 [12MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 27266 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]

Maine, 11313 [20MY]

Remarks in House

Alkyl nitrites: require to be treated as a drug (H.J. Res. 660), 14470 [18JN]

Center for Devices and Radiological Health: tribute, 12019 [22MY]

Commissioner of Food and Drugs: require appointment to be subjected to Senate confirmation (H.R. 4754), 23370 [16SE]

Controlled Substances Act: amend (H.R. 5653), 29390 [7OC]

Cyclosporine: suspension of duty (H.R. 5034), 13894 [16JN]

Drug Export Amendments Act: enact (S. 1744), 33932 [6NO]

Fast food restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (H.R. 4935), 12536 [4JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 24754-25708 [23SE]

Food: approval of irradiation treatment, 8852 [29AP]

Food irradiation: curb expansion of program until safety is established, 11111 [15MY]

Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (H.R. 5069), 14870 [20JN]

Milk: use of bovine growth hormone to achieve increased production, 15659 [26JN]

Naimon, Alex: tribute, 22203 [15AU]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: enact (H.R. 4820), 10722 [14MY]

Santa Monica Bay, CA: study of effects of toxic contamination (H.R. 4277), 3027 [27FE]

Terfenadone: suspend duty (H.R. 4404), 4849 [13MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agency: establish by law, 10574 [14MY]

Children: infant formula regulations, 10333-10336 [12MY], 10378-10382 [13MY]

Commissioner: provide for Senate confirmation (S. 2025), 604 [28JA], 790 [29JA]

Drug industry: 7-year marketing privilege for other companies due to simultaneous development (S. 2772), 21933 [15AU]

———export of certain antibiotics, 10383 [13MY]

———reform certain regulatory procedures governing the export of banned and severely restricted substances, 10393-10395 [13MY]

———require that any unapproved drug must be subject to new drug application, 10391-10393 [13MY]

EPA: conduct study with FDA on effects of DDT contamination of fish in Santa Monica Bay, CA, 28982 [6OC]

Establish by law, 33870 [18OC]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (S. 2446), 13164 [10JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 28994-29022 [6OC]

———amend (H.R. 2482), S. 2792 language passed in lieu, 28993 [6OC]

———amend (S. 2792), 23048 [12SE], 28923-28993 [6OC]

Food industry: disclosure of ingredients in restaurant foods, 6588 [27MR]

———regulate manufacturing practices of infant formula, 26773-26778 [27SE]

Food Safety Modernization Act: enact (S. 2512), 12482 [4JN]

Foreign trade: export of unapproved drugs (S. 1848), 1934 [6FE]

Pesticides: allow for placement of notices of pesticides with canceled registration, 28982 [6OC]

———authority for States to set uniform tolerance levels, 28950 [6OC]

———ground water protection, 28935-28948 [6OC]

———liability for damages, 28934 [6OC]

———permit Federal agencies to use registered products without duplicating research and analysis of health effects, 28983 [6OC]

———require EPA to establish efficacy standards for antimicrobial control agents used to control pest micro-organism, 28948 [6OC]

Product safety: anniversary of legislation granting authority to regulate medical devices, 12086 [2JN]

Santa Monica Bay, CA: study health effects of toxic contamination of fish (S. 2126), 3188 [27FE]

Statute: establish by law (S. 2154), 4044 [7MR]

Transitional devices: reclassification (S. 2771), 21932 [15AU]

Reports

Federal Food and Drugs Act: House report (1906 excerpt), 24754 [23SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: White House Conference of Food, Nutrition and Health (excerpt), 24754 [23SE]

Infant Formula Regulations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 10379 [13MY]

National Uniformity for Pesticide Residue Tolerances: Library of Congress, 28928 [6OC]

Reports filed

Adequacy of Federal Efforts To Identify and Remove Contaminated Imported Wines: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-965), 28331 [3OC]

Federal Programs for the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5334) (H. Rept. 99-792), 21734 [14AU]

Human Food Safety and Regulation of Animal Drugs: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-461), 47 [21JA]

Senate Confirmation for Appointment of Commissioner: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4754) (H. Rept. 99-785), 21130 [12AU]

Statements

Food Safety Standards: AMA, 12483-12486 [4JN]

Foreign Shipments of Unauthorized Drugs: Frank E. Young, 10397 [13MY]

Infant Formula Regulations, 10379 [13MY]

Stauffer Chemical Co. v. PPG Industries: Congressional Research Service, 28979 [6OC]

U.S. Export of Untested Drugs, 10383, 10391 [13MY]

———Alexander M. Schmidt (excerpt), 10385 [13MY]

———Frank E. Young, 10391 [13MY]

———sundry, 10377, 10378 [13MY]

Wyeth Laboratories' Production of Infant Formula Without Vitamin B6, 26776 [27SE]

Studies

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act—State and Local Food and Drug Programs (excerpt), 24754 [23SE]

Testimonies

Authority for States To Set Uniform Tolerance Levels for Pesticides: Joseph Brennan, Governor of Maine, 28956 [6OC]

———Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 28957 [6OC]

———New York State Department of Health, 28954 [6OC]

———Orlo Ehart, 28958 [6OC]

———Richard W. Lowerre, 28959 [6OC]

Food Safety Standards: Arthur H. Haves, 12482 [4JN]

———Donald Kennedy, 12482 [4JN]

———Fred Robbins, 12482 [4JN]

———Gerald Wogan, 12482 [4JN]

———Jere Govan, 12482 [4JN]

———Kenneth D. Fisher, 12482 [4JN]

———Paul Newberne, 12482 [4JN]

———Vincent DeVita, 12482 [4JN]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 660, require alkyl nitrites to be treated as a drug, 14471 [18JN]

H.R. 2482, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 28994-29022 [6OC]

H.R. 4754, amend, to require appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs to be subject to Senate confirmation, 23370 [16SE]

H.R. 4820, Prescription Drug Marketing Act, 10722 [14MY]

H.R. 5653, Controlled Substances Act amendments, 29391 [7OC]

S. 2025, provide for Senate confirmation of Commissioner, 606 [28JA], 790 [29JA]

S. 2154, establish by law, 4045 [7MR]

S. 2512, Food Safety Modernization Act, 12487 [4JN]

S. 2771, reclassification of transitional devices, 21933 [15AU]

S. 2772, Orphan Drug Act amendments, 21934 [15AU]