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Article: Congress questions FDA authority over qualified health claims.(WASHINGTON)
- Article from:
- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- January 7, 2008
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In a statement accompanying the recently enacted omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2008, Congress questioned the authority of the FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) to authorize qualified health claims, according to FI Counsel, OLSSON, FRANK, WEEDA, TERMAN, BODE & MATZ.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008), signed by President Bush on Dec. 26, provides fiscal year (FY) 2008 appropriations for all federal agencies and departments, except the Department of Defense. In the Joint Explanatory Statement to the appropriations act, Congress cast doubt on whether FDA has the ...