Genetically engineered foods get green light

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed regulatory guidelines for genetically engineered food products that would control the products but not the methods used to make them. The FDA's action is tantamount to official approval of the idea that such foods are not so different from ordinary foods that special government rules are necessary to safeguard public health. The guidelines will probably become standard policy despite the objections of consumer protection advocates who say it will allow the genetic engineering industry to regulate itself.

Product information, Genetic engineering

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Bovine growth hormone meets new safety concerns

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A General Accounting Office report on recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to delay approving rbGH until further research clarifies possible indirect effects on humans. The hormone is administered to dairy cows to increase milk output. The report chides the FDA for not investigating whether the udder inflammation (mastitis) occurring more frequently among cows receiving rbGH might prompt a greater use of antibiotics and so increase antibiotic residues in milk and beef products.

Health aspects, Reports, United States. Government Accountability Office, Bovine somatotropin

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Frustrated by regulatory delays at FDA, biotech companies warm to user fees

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Three biotechnology trade associations have endorsed user fees as a means for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed approval of new drugs. The Industrial Biotechnology Assn, the Assn of Biotechnology Cos and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn were initially reluctant to subsidize the FDA but now concur that the fees will help to get new products approved more quickly by allowing the FDA to employ 600 additional scientists. Budget constraints are preventing the FDA from hiring the extra personnel on its own.

User fees, Drug approval

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