Shortages of Prescription Drugs, 1974: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health Of..., 93-2, Dec. 5, 19741975 - 81 pages |
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Page 13 - The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and four related laws (Tea Importation. Import Milk, Federal Caustic Poison, and Filled Milk Acts). These laws are designed to protect the public from harmful, filthy, impure, or falsely labeled foods, drugs, cosmetics...
Page 8 - ... relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage treatment, and pollution of lakes and streams.
Page 8 - Every person who is a manufacturer, private labeler. or distributor of a consumer product shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, and provide such information as the Commission may, by rule, reasonably require for the purposes of implementing this Act, or to determine compliance with rules or orders prescribed under this Act.
Page 17 - It shall be the function of the Commission to make reports to the President and to the Congress with respect to — (1) the existence or possibility of any long- or short-term shortages; employment, price or business practices; or market adversities affecting the supply of any natural resources, raw agriculture commodities, materials, manufactured products (including any possible impairment of productive capacity which may result from shortages in materials, resources, commodities, manufactured products,...
Page 12 - I regret that we do not have all of these answers at this time, but I can assure you that we are going to do everything we can to get these intermediate-range missiles on bases in "Western Europe at the earliest practicable date.
Page 17 - We will be pleased to try to answer any questions you or the members of the committee may have.
Page 8 - The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary is authorized to make and enforce such regulations as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or possessions, or from one State or possession into any other State or possession.
Page 38 - I have a prepared statement, but in the interest of time I will try to summarize this more briefly.
Page 38 - ... your statement and your comments. You can rest assured that that the committee will keep an eye on imports. Our next witness is Richard Lyng, president, American Meat Institute, Washington, DC STATEMENT OF RICHARD LYNG, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON, DC Mr. LYNG. My name is Richard Lyng. I am president of the American Meat Institute in Washington, DC The institute is the national trade association of the meat packing and processing industry. Our membership is comprised of approximately...
Page 70 - He are grateful for the opportunity to participate in this hearing on the status of the grant programs enacted under PL 99-570, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.