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Article: Proposal aimed at reducing mad cow risk in human, animal drugs
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- September 22, 2004
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DIEDTRA HENDERSON, AP Science Writer
AP Worldstream
09-22-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
The U.S. government is taking steps to reduce the already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood vaccines and other medications.
Pharmaceuticals regulated by the agency, including human vaccines and animal drugs used on farms, routinely use cow products in their manufacture.
The agency this summer strengthened safety measures to reduce the chance of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer goods as lipstick and hairspray.
William Egan, FDA acting director in the office of vaccine research and review, told pharmaceutical representatives on Tuesday that the new rule is ...