FDA Consumer

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Articles in Sept 1994 issue of FDA Consumer

• FDA suspends license at Texas blood facility - Food and Drug Administration; United Blood Services Blood Systems Inc. in Lubbock, Texas, violated blood collection and processing and other regulations and standards - Brief Article
• Mercury in fish: cause for concern? - includes related article with advice for consumers
  by Judith E. Foulke
• Siemens agrees to correct manufacturing problems - Siemens Medical Systems Inc
  by Marian Segal
• RU-486 trials to begin - Population Council Inc. will start clinical trials of abortion pill in fall 1994 after Roussel Uclaf donated the patent to the company - Brief Article
• Safeguarding human tissue transplants - includes related information about tissue bank regulations
  by John Henkel
• 'Operation Pill Scam' nets felons in drug scheme
  by Kevin L. Ropp
• Combination TB drug approved - Rifater pill reduces number of drugs tuberculosis patients need to take - Brief Article
• First biotech tomato marketed - Calgene's Flavr Savr tomato - Brief Article
• OTC options: help for the sleepless - over-the-counter sleep aids - includes related articles on doxylamine and sleep techniques - Part 1 - Cover Story
  by Marian Segal
• 'Career criminal' faces jail and possible deportation - Basil Wainwright convicted of selling unapproved ozone-generating devices as disease cures
  by Dixie Farley
• Fourth AIDS drug approved - Bristol-Myers Squibb's Zerit product - Brief Article
• Defining 'healthy.' - Food and Drug Administration definitions for food labels - Brief Article
• Scouting for sodium: and other nutrients important to blood pressure - includes related charts - The New Food Label
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• Lab owner and firm sentenced for violations - Quality Research Labs, Inc
  by Marian Segal
• Manufacturer reformulates Organidin - Food and Drug Administration orders removal of iodinated glycerol, an unapproved drug, from Carter-Wallace's expectorant product - Brief Article
• FTC models advertising policy on FDA food labeling standards - Federal Trade Commission; Food and Drug Administration - Brief Article
• Going metric: American foods and drugs measure up
  by Judith Randal