FDA Press Releases

1999

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December 1999

• Monitoring Results for Pharmaceuticals Are Released: Surveys Show Public Has Avoided "Stockpile" Drug Purchases (Dec. 28, 1999)
• Nationwide Recall of Certain Royal Baltic Brand Smoked Fish Products Due to Potential Health Risk (Dec. 23, 1999)
• FDA Announces New Internet Website to Provide Consumers with Information About Buying Prescription Drugs and Medical Products Online (Dec. 20, 1999)
• Customer Satisfaction Results for the Food and Drug Administration (Dec. 13, 1999)
• Change in Location for FDA's California Biotech Foods Meeting (Dec. 10, 1999)
• First Drug Device Combined Treatment for Certain Pre-Cancerous Skin Lesions Approved (Dec. 6, 1999)

November 1999

• Change in Location for FDA's Washington, D.C., Biotech Meeting (Nov. 23, 1999)
• Sun Orchard Adds an Additional Production Code to Its Unpasteurized Orange Juice Recalled Because of Possible Health Risk (Nov. 19, 1999)
• FDA Assessments Confirm Y2K Readiness for Medical Products (Nov. 18, 1999)
• FDA Issues Warning About Sun Orchard Fresh Squeezed Unpasteurized Orange Juice (Nov. 16, 1999)
• Change in Location for FDA's Chicago Biotech Foods Meeting (Nov. 15, 1999)
• FDA Proposes New Rules for Trans Fatty Acids in Nutrition Labeling, Nutrient Content Claims, and Health Claims (Nov. 12, 1999)
• Abbott Labs Signs Consent Decree with FDA; Agrees to Correct Manufacturing Deficiencies (Nov. 2, 1999)

October 1999

• FDA Issues Guidance to Enhance Safety of Sprouts (Oct. 25, 1999)
• FDA Announces Public Meetings on Bioengineered Foods (Oct. 18, 1999)
• FDA Warns About Infant Formula Fraudulently Labeled as Nutramigen in Southern California (Oct. 8, 1999)
• Susan Alpert, Ph.D., Named CFSAN Director of Food Safety (Oct. 4, 1999)
• FDA Issues Nationwide Health Advisory About Contaminated Pet Chews (Oct. 4, 1999)

September 1999

• FDA Encourages Women to "Take Time to Care": Nationwide Education Campaign on the Safe Use of Medicines (Sept. 30, 1999)
• FDA Study Finds Possible Link Between Down Syndrome and Lower Maternal Folic Acid Levels (Sept. 28, 1999)
• Mobile X-Ray Owner Sentenced in Mammogram Fraud Case (Sept. 14, 1999)
• Bernard Schwetz, D.V.M., Ph.D., Named Acting Deputy Commissioner (Sept. 9, 1999)
• Elkan Blout, Senior Advisor for Science, to Leave FDA (Sept. 7, 1999)

There are no entries for August 1999.

July 1999

• FDA Announces New Efforts to Help Curb Illegal Prescription Drug Marketing on the Internet (July 30, 1999)
• FDA Issues Nationwide Health Warning About Sun Orchard Unpasteurized Orange Juice Brand Products (July 10, 1999)
• Consumer Advised of Risks Associated with Raw Sprouts (July 9, 1999)
• New Egg Safety Steps Announced, Safe Handling Labels and Refrigeration Will Be Required (July 1, 1999)

June 1999

• FDA Approves New Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetics (June 16, 1999)
• Statement from Commissioner of Food and Drugs Jane E. Henney, M.D., on the Departure of Deputy Commissioner Michael A. Friedman, M.D. (June 14, 1999)

May 1999

• David W. Feigal Jr., M.D., M.P.H, Named Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (May 4, 1999)

April 1999

• Mammogram Law Takes Effect April 28 (April 27, 1999)

March 1999

• Dietary Supplements Now Labeled with More Information (March 23, 1999)
• Nonprescription Drugs to Get New, Easy-to-Understand Labels (March 11, 1999)
• FDA Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain Frozen Mamey Brands (March 8, 1999)
• FDA Announces the Appointment of Dennis Baker as Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs (March 3, 1999)

February 1999

• FDA Announces the Availability of Its 1999 Food Code (Feb. 23, 1999)
• Dr. Robert L. Buchanan Named Senior Science Advisor at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (Feb. 9, 1999)

January 1999

• Center for Devices and Radiological Health Director Bruce Burlington, M.D., to Leave FDA (Jan. 22, 1999)
• Salted Uneviscerated Yellow Croaker Recalled Because of Possible Health Risk (Jan. 21, 1999)
• New Director of FDA's Food Safety Initiative Named (Jan. 8, 1999)