Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2012 |
''FDA Chief Says Scarce Funding Hobbles Sweeping Food Safety Regulations'' "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is having difficulty implementing expansive new rules to improve food safety, nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed the standards into law, because of a lack of funding. FDA chief Margaret Hamburg said the implementation process has been slow because Congress has not provided sufficient funds to meet the law's ambitious demands." Source: Reuters |
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| Jan 4, 2012 |
''FDA curbs use of certain antibiotics in animals'' "After long delays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an order today prohibiting certain uses of the cephalosporin class of antimicrobial drugs in cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 14, 2011 |
''FDA faulted over state inspections'' "The Food and Drug Administration is relying more often on states to inspect food plants but is failing to properly monitor those state inspections or follow through on their findings, the Department of Health and Human Services watchdog has concluded." Source: The Washington Post |
Food Safety |
| Apr 28, 2012 |
''FDA Fee Reauthorization a Prescription for Debate'' "Every five years, lawmakers, lobbyists, patient groups and agency regulators line up to take their shot at changing how things get done at the Food and Drug Administration." Source: CQ Weekly |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Nov 30, 2011 |
''FDA funding boosted through lobbying effort'' "An unusual alliance of consumer advocates and industry groups won a victory this month when they helped persuade Congress to boost funding for the Food and Drug Administration, while most other programs paid for by a newly passed agriculture spending bill had their money slashed." Source: The Washington Post |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 28, 2013 |
''FDA Gathers Guidance On New Food Safety Law'' "Portlander Joe Day tearfully recalled the year his family spent Thanksgiving in a hospital cafeteria, as his sister, suffering from e coli, fought for her life several floors above." Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting |
Food Safety |
| Oct 28, 2011 |
''FDA Goes Overseas to Monitor Imports'' "As American companies seek a more cost-effective environment and larger pools of patients, weighing the clinical data gathered at trials outside of the United States is one example of how globalization has affected the responsibilities of the Food and Source: Quality News Today |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 22, 2011 |
''FDA Lays Out Global Strategy to Monitor for Dangerous Foods, Drugs'' "In an unusual special report Monday, the Food and Drug Administration laid out a strategy it hopes will help it do a better job of policing America's food and drug supply. Called the Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality, the 36-page document outlines a plan to work globally to track the international movement of food and drugs." Source: PBS NewsHour |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''FDA limits some antibiotics in livestock'' "The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered farmers to limit the use of a type of antibiotics they give livestock because it could make people more resistant to a key antibiotic that can save lives, encouraging news for public health advocates who say such animal antibiotics are overused." Source: Associated Press |
Health Topics, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 27, 2013 |
''FDA meeting on food safety in Portland draws consumers, farmers, regulators'' ''Several hundred farmers, regulators and consumers from Alaska to North Dakota to California gathered in Portland on Wednesday to listen to federal plans to overhaul the food safety system." Source: The Oregonian |
Food Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''FDA Moves on New Food Safety Rules'' "The FDA proposed new rules today that would require US food distributors to implement additional measures to combat food-borne illness. The guidelines are aimed at improving food handling in both the agriculture and manufacturing sectors after a series of recent disease outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe, cheese, and leafy green vegetables that killed scores of Americans." Source: abcnews.com |
Food Safety |
| Jul 13, 2011 |
''FDA must be empowered to oversee supply chain; report'' "Congress must grant the FDA additional powers to bring oversight of manufacturing inline with shifts in production practices, according to a report. In a report titled After Heparin, Pew Health Group breaks down current weaknesses in the supply chain and proposes fixes. Empowering the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the main themes of the Pew report." Source: in-Pharma Technologist |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 23, 2011 |
''FDA Opened 72 New Counterfeit Cases in 2010--a New Record'' "During a presentation at a meeting organized by the Pew Prescription Project (Washington, DC., March 7-8), deputy administrator Dr. Ilisa Bernstein noted that 72 cases had been opened by FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations in FY 2010 (which ended Sept. 30). That’s up nearly 11% from the year before, which was also an up year." Source: Pharmaceutical Commerce |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Oct 19, 2011 |
''FDA Probe Points To Cantaloupe Packing Plant As Source Of Listeria'' A report by NPR's All Things Considered on a Listeria outbreak traced to a Colorado cantaloupe farm features a quote from Erik Olson, director of food programs at Pew Health Group. He specifically addressed the risk that proposed budget cuts will affect food safety prevention efforts. Source: NPR |
Food Hazards |
| Jun 28, 2012 |
''FDA Probing Safety of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants'' "While thousands of Americans have benefited from hip replacements over the years, problems with metal-on-metal implants can lead to troubles requiring surgery to replace defective devices, experts say. Writing earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, Pew's Joshua Rising and colleagues said that "there is now compelling evidence that these implants fail at a higher rate than hip prostheses made of other materials." Source: U.S. News and World Report |
Medical Safety |
| Jun 8, 2010 |
''FDA Recommends New Limits on Livestock Drugs'' To prevent development of drug-resistant bacteria that could infect people, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Monday that livestock farmers use the drugs solely to cure or prevent disease in animals, phasing out their use to promote growth. Source: Reuters |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''FDA Releases Rules to Strengthen Safety of Food Supply'' "Looking for a little weekend reading? The Food and Drug Administration has just the thing. On Friday, the agency released two proposed rules designed to boost the safety of the nation's food supply, encompassing hundreds of pages. One rule covers operations at fruit and vegetable farms, focusing on those foods that we eat raw and have been the subject of several recent recalls." Source: National Public Radio |
Food Safety |
| Oct 2, 2012 |
''FDA Stakeholders Worry About Sequestration'' "Representatives from the FDA and industry expressed serious concerns about the potential impact of sequestration Monday, saying it's not a good time to shortchange the agency when it's under so much pressure to help bring innovative new drugs to market." Source: POLITICO |
Medical Safety |
| May 7, 2013 |
''FDA to Consider Revamping Food Additive Rules'' "Amid growing public concern over the safety of additives in products ranging from caffeinated energy drinks to industrial chemicals in food containers and water bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under pressure to reexamine its rules, and there are signs it may do so." Source: Reuters |
Food Additives |
| Jun 15, 2010 |
''FDA to Propose Tougher Rules for Outsourcing Drug Manufacturing'' "The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it will propose stronger regulations for pharmaceutical companies that outsource manufacturing, putting more responsibility on the companies to ensure the purity and safety of products made by contractors." Source: |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jan 13, 2012 |
''FDA unveils user fee program for generic drugs'' "The Food and Drug Administration would collect hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees from pharmaceutical companies to help speed up the review of generic drugs ... " Source: Associated Press (as published by USA Today) |
Drug Safety, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''FDA user fee bill gives agency new powers to inspect overseas prescription drug plants'' "A Food and Drug Administration bill designed to increase inspections of foreign drug factories, while also speeding approvals of new drugs at home, is headed to the president’s desk after an overwhelming approval in the U.S. Senate." Source: Associated Press |
Medical Safety |
| Jan 26, 2010 |
''FDA Weighs Limits for Online Ads'' This week, JAMA highlights the risks the Pew Prescription Project and other consumer safety advocates raised at a recent FDA hearing on the use and conduct of pharmaceutical companies online. Source: |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Mar 14, 2011 |
''FDA: Another tainted drug crisis seems inevitable'' "A senior Food and Drug Administration regulator warned that another public health crisis may be inevitable because the agency can't guarantee the safety of many drugs and food products manufactured overseas." Source: CNN Money |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jan 12, 2012 |
''FDA: Fungicide In Orange Juice Is Not A Health Risk'' "The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up testing of orange juice after finding traces of a chemical fungicide that is not approved for use in the United States." Source: National Public Radio |
Food Hazards |
