Article: Olestra approved with special labeling. (fat substitute)

Article: U.S. FDA FOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDES FAVORABLE ...
PR Newswire;  November 17, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... Administration (FDA) Food Advisory Committee (FAC) today provided ... s fat replacer, olestra, for use in snack ... favorable review of olestra," said Gordon Brunner ... reality. We applaud the Advisory Committee members for their thoughtful ... with a decision on olestra." ...

Article: FDA APPROVES FAT SUBSTITUTE OLESTRA
PR Newswire;  January 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... well as studies on olestra's long-term effects ... meeting of the Food Advisory Committee within 30 months ... information establish that olestra is safe for use in ... the proposed use of olestra would be safe. A majority of the full Food Advisory Committee, which later reviewed ...

Article: Olestra: too good to be true; researchers flush out health ...
Science News;  January 27, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... public needs to know more about olestra," says Walter C. Willett ... organize a scientific meeting on olestra held there last week. "The ... amp; Gamble and the FDA advisory committee to participate in a vast ... Willett says. He adds that olestra products, if approved, would ...

Article: Olestra update
Joe Weider's Shape;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... nutritional side effects. Yet olestra-fried chips seem to have ... Wowing them in the aisles Olestra chips hit the shelves nationwide ... Last June, the FDA's advisory committee decided to retain the warning.) Olestra inventor Procter & ...

Article: The Olestra watch. (possible FDA approval for Proctor and ...
Food Processing;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... molecule that is indigestible. While Olestra has been stuck in the legal mire ... gastrointestinal problems associated with Olestra. With word surfacing of an FDA Food Advisory Committee convening on Olestra in mid-November, the Center for ...

Article: What's wrong with 'fat free' olestra? (includes a related ...
Consumers' Research Magazine;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... several objections to olestra's approval, Dr ... member of FDA's Food Advisory Committee (FAC), criticized ... was concerned that olestra was approved for introduction ... member of the Food Advisory Committee, said that the studies ... vitamin A was added to olestra. Is ...

Article: FDA Again Approves Olestra as Safe, Despite Consumer ...
Food & Drink Weekly;  June 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... said a study of blood from olestra users indicate that there ... s original decision that olestra is safe for salted snacks ... findings presented by the FDA advisory committee include: the results of clinical ... FDA's initial approval of olestra in 1996; olestra can and ...