FDA Consumer

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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, 1980

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Page 1 - ... rendered under this Act, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (b) The Secretary may also cause to be disseminated information regarding food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in situations involving, in the opinion of the Secretary...
Page 40 - Seizure proceedings are civil actions taken against goods alleged to be in violation, and criminal and injunction proceedings are against firms or individuals charged to be responsible for violations. The cases generally involve foods, drugs, devices...
Page 1 - Act, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (b) The Secretary may also cause to be disseminated information regarding food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in situations involving, in the opinion of the Secretary, imminent danger to health, or gross deception of the consumer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigations of the Department.
Page 37 - [o]n summary judgment the inferences to be drawn from the underlying facts contained in [the affidavits, attached exhibits, and depositions submitted below] must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.
Page 23 - Valium in long-term use, that is, more than 4 months, has not been assessed by systematic clinical studies The physician should periodically reassess the usefulness of the drug for the individual patient...
Page 19 - Dermatology, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Neruology.
Page 11 - Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Federal Energy Administration, the regulatory agency is not limited to a single industry.
Page 27 - Do not take this product if you are presently taking a prescription drug for high blood pressure or depression, without first consulting a physician.
Page 3 - Warning — Contains an ingredient that can penetrate your skin and has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
Page 40 - The court observed where a person is terminally ill with cancer and unresponsive to other treatments: ". . . the public harm is considerably reduced. Such a person would not be avoiding other methods of treatment generally [accepted] . . . ." Thereupon the court enjoined the United States Customs Service from interfering in Carnohan's possession and moving in interstate commerce not in excess of a threemonth supply of laetrile pending completion by the FDA of its study. These judicially carved out...

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