FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

Analyses

Dept. of HHS Monitoring of Pesticide Tolerance in Food Products (H.R. 3504), 28358-28360 [19OC]

Articles and editorials

Facing the Issue of Pesticide Residues—How Can Consumers Bring About Change, 23425 [7AU]

Matter of Imports—Controversy Over Labeling the Origins of Foods, 23426 [7AU]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: pesticide standards on imported meat and produce (see H.R. 1877)

Dept. of HHS: regulating certain food as drugs (see H.R. 633)

Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban resales by hospitals (see S. 368; H.R. 1207)

Drugs: labeling of certain which are derived from human fetus material (see H.R. 3301)

———limit dispensing of certain (see H.R. 2168)

———orphan drugs (see H.R. 3349)

FDA: Senate confirmation of Commissioner (see H.R. 1226)

Food: label to show amount of sodium and potassium (see H.R. 256)

Health: regulation of medical devices (see S. 1928)

———require registration of certain nonprofit entities which provide health services (see H.R. 186)

Irradiated foods: labeling (see H.R. 956)

Labeling: require certain information be stated (see H.R. 1902)

Laetrile: exemption (see H.R. 651)

Medical instruments: limit compensation of investigators who use (see H.R. 392)

Orphan drugs: revise law relative to (see H.R. 3459)

Pesticides: tolerance in food products (see H.R. 3504)

———use by executive departments without duplicative research (see S. 398)

Polygraph: regulate as a medical device (see S. 1854)

Pregnant women: dissemination of information on effects of drugs and devices (see H.R. 461)

Restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (see H.R. 915)

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (see S. 1109)

Explanations

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (S. 1516), 20563-20566 [21JY]

Meetings

Committee on Energy and Commerce: health service programs (H.R. 1207, 1226, 1327, 1444, 1746, 1855 and 1861), D214 [31MR]

———limit dispensing of certain drugs (H.R. 2168), D322 [6MY]

Press releases

Tropical Oils Labeling Act, 10349 [29AP]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: pesticide standards on imported meat and produce (H.R. 1877), 7590 [31MR], 23419 [7AU]

Dept. of HHS: pesticide tolerance in food products (H.R. 3504), 28503 [20OC]

Drugs: amend to limit the dispensation of certain (H.R. 2168), 18702 [1JY]

———orphan drugs (H.R. 3349), 25672 [29SE]

FDA: appointment of Commissioner subject to Senate confirmation (H.R. 1226), 10964 [4MY]

Food irradiation: independent safety study (H.R. 956), 3186 [5FE]

Health: amend to limit the dispensation of certain drugs (H.R. 2168), 18403 [30JN]

Obstetric Care Information Act: enact (H.R. 461), 952 [7JA]

Pesticides: tolerance in food products (H.R. 3504), 28358 [19OC]

Pregnant women: dissemination of information on effects of drugs and devices (H.R. 461), 11302 [6MY]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: enact (H.R. 1207), 10960-10964 [4MY], 15394 [10JN]

Remarks in Senate

Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals (S. 368), 1640-1642 [21JA]

FDA: appointment of Commissioner subject to Senate confirmation (H.R. 1226), 11609 [7MY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (S. 1516), 20562 [21JY]

Polygraph: regulate as a medical device (S. 1854), 31143 [5NO]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (S. 1109), 10348 [29AP], 21082 [24JY], 23812 [11SE]

Statements

Tropical Oils Labeling: American Heart Association, 10349 [29AP]

Summaries

Orphan Drug Amendments (H.R. 3349), 25672 [29SE]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act (S. 1109), 10349 [29AP]

Texts of

H.R. 461, Obstetric Care Information Act, 953 [7JA]

H.R. 1207, Prescription Drug Marketing Act, 10960-10962 [4MY]

H.R. 1226, appointment of FDA Commissioner subject to Senate confirmation, 10964 [4MY]

S. 368, ban reimportation of drugs, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals, 1641 [21JA]

S. 1854, regulate the polygraph as a medical device, 31144 [5NO]