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Industry Weighs in on “Safe Chemicals” Bill

By Sean Wajert on August 28, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical

A variety of companies and chemical industry trade groups weighed in last week on a bill to amend the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act. Severa…
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House Hearing on Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

By Sean Wajert on February 24, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), held a hearing la…
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Senate Moves Forward With Compromise Food Safety Act

By Sean Wajert on August 18, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

U.S. Senate negotiators apparently reached an agreement last week on food safety legislation in order to have it ready for the full Senate to consider…
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IOM Issues Food Safety Report Calling for Reform of FDA

By Sean Wajert on June 15, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

A report issued last week by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (at the request of Congress) concludes that the FDA is …
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Proposed BPA Ban Undermines Food Safety Bill

By Sean Wajert on May 25, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced last week that she would seek to ban the chemical bisphenol-A in food and drink containers as part of an am…
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House Hearing on FDA Progress on Food Safety

By Sean Wajert on May 11, 2010
Posted in Articles, Food and Beverage

Last week, the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Energy and Commerce Committee, held a hearing to discuss the recent performan…
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Safe Chemicals Bill Introduced in Senate

By Sean Wajert on April 16, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, introduced this week the “Safe …
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FDA Official Testifies Before Congress on REMS and Sentinel

By Sean Wajert on March 15, 2010
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee held a hearing on drug safety. A quick report: Chairman Waxman’s opening comm…
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Update on CPSC Database Issues

By Sean Wajert on March 9, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

We have posted before about one of the more controversial aspects of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the to-be-created publicly accessibl…
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New Food Safety Article Discusses Future Trends

By Sean Wajert on February 24, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

From time to time, we have noted the significant litigation that may arise from food recalls. For those readers interested in this area, we flag a rec…
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