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April 2004
- April 19, 2004 - Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Lester M. Crawford Outlines Science-Based Plan for Dietary Supplement Enforcement
- April 15, 2004 - Patrick Ronan Appointed New Head of FDA's Office of Legislation
- April 14, 2004 - Council on Family Health Offers Medicine Use Information for Seniors (CFH)
- April 13, 2004 - Repackager of Foreign Drugs Agrees to Comply with FDA's Rules
- April 13, 2004 - FDA Partners with States to Warn Consumers that "Looks Can Be Deceiving"
- April 12, 2004 - Dr. Barbara O. Schneeman Named To Lead FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements
- April 12, 2004 - FDA Announces Rule Prohibiting Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids Effective April 12
- April 09, 2004 - FDA Statement on Lead Contamination in Certain Candy Products Imported from Mexico (English)
- April 09, 2004 - FDA Expands Warning About "Green Hornet" To Include All Other Products By Cytotec Solutions, Inc.
- April 09, 2004 - FDA Statement on Lead Contamination in Certain Candy Products Imported from Mexico (Spanish)
- April 07, 2004 - Physicians, Nurses and U.S. Government Release New Foodborne Illness Guide
- April 02, 2004 - FDA Responds to the Use of Illegal Hormone Implants In Veal Calves
- April 01, 2004 - FDA Warns Distributors of Dietary Supplements Promoted Online for Weight Loss
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March 2004
- March 31, 2004 - FDA Moves Forward on Qualified Health Claims
- March 26, 2004 - FDA Approves First Oral Fluid Based Rapid HIV Test Kit
- March 26, 2004 - Aloe Commodities International, Inc., Recalls Solutions IE Ageless Formula II Due to Excess Vitamin D
- March 25, 2004 - FDA Enhances Safeguards For Consumers Who May Have Special Sensitivities to Certain Commonly Used Over-the-Counter Drug Ingredients
- March 25, 2004 - FDA Releases Acrylamide Data and Final Acrylamide Action Plan
- March 23, 2004 - Statement on Generic Oxycodone Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets
- March 19, 2004 - FDA and EPA Announce the Revised Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in Fish
- March 17, 2004 - Dietary Supplement Firms, Seasilver USA, Inc. and Americaloe, Inc., Sign Consent Decree
- March 17, 2004 - FDA and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Announce Guilty Plea in Drug Counterfeiting Case
- March 16, 2004 - Report Seeks to Improve "Critical Path" of Medical Product Development
- March 12, 2004 - HHS Unveils FDA Strategy to Help Reduce Obesity (HHS Release)
- March 11, 2004 - HHS Launches Crackdown on Products Containing Andro (HHS release)
- March 09, 2004 - FDA Commends Senate Passage of Bill Providing Improved Consumer Protection and Incentives for Animal Drug Development
- March 08, 2004 - FDA Issues Recommendations on Development of Drugs to Treat Side Effects of Vaccination Against Smallpox
- March 04, 2004 - FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of Faulty Patients Lifts
- March 03, 2004 - FDA Launches New Easy-to-Use Drug Information Web Site
- March 02, 2004 - FDA Announces Measures to Improve Generic Drug Access
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February 2004
- February 27, 2004 - FDA Posts New Web Site on Heart Disease
- February 27, 2004 - Canada, Mexico and United States Sign Charter
- February 26, 2004 - FDA Approves First Angiogenesis Inhibitor to Treat Colorectal Cancer
- February 26, 2004 - HHS Announces Task Force on Drug Importation (DHHS Release)
- February 25, 2004 - FDA Warns Consumers Not to Purchase Green Hornet, Promoted as Herbal Version of "Ecstasy"
- February 25, 2004 - HHS Announces New Requirements for Bar Codes on Drugs and Blood to Reduce Risks of Medication Errors (DHHS release)
- February 20, 2004 - FDA Issues Warning Letter to West Virginia Business Offering Illegal Foreign Drugs
- February 18, 2004 - HHS Takes New Steps to Protect Consumers from Counterfeit Drug Threats
- February 12, 2004 - FDA Takes Action Against Foreign Websites Selling Counterfeit Contraceptive Patches
- February 12, 2004 - FDA Approves Erbitux for Colorectal Cancer
- February 10, 2004 - FDA Updates Hormone Therapy Information for Post Menopausal Women
- February 06, 2004 - FDA Issues Regulation Prohibiting Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids and Reiterates Its Advice That Consumers Stop Using These Products
- February 05, 2004 - FDA and SEC Work to Enhance Public's Protection from False and Misleading Statements
- February 05, 2004 - FDA Approves First Drug for Rare Type of Cancer
- February 05, 2004 - FDA Seizes Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements From On-Line Massachusetts Company for Unsubstantiated Athletic Performance Claims
- February 04, 2004 - New FDA Draft Guidances Aim to Improve Health Information
- February 04, 2004 - FDA and Johnson and Johnson Warn Public About Counterfeit Contraceptive Patches Sold Through Foreign Internet Site
- February 02, 2004 - FDA's Budget Proposal for FY 2005 Requests Increase for Food Safety
- February 02, 2004 - President Requests Budgetary Increase, Greater Food Defense Role for FDA in FY 2005
- February 02, 2004 - FDA Names David W.K. Acheson, M.D., Director of the Food Safety and Security Staff
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