FDA Home Page |
CFSAN Home |
Search/Subject Index |
Q & A |
Help
2004 Food & Nutrition FDA Press Releases & Fact Sheets
Recent Releases
- September 23, 2004
USDA, FDA And DHS Sign Agreement With NASDA to Make Nations Agriculture and Food Supply More
Secure
- September 22, 2004
USDA, FDA and DHS Officials to Sign Cooperative Agreement With National Association of State
Departments of Agriculture
- September 20, 2004 FDA Proposes Further Action to Improve
Farm-to-Table Shell Egg Safety
- September 8, 2004
FDA Announces Qualified Health Claims for Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- September 3, 2004
FDA Gives Advice to Consumers to Handle the Aftermath of Hurricane Frances
- August 20, 2004 Leslye M. Fraser, S.M., J.D., Named Director
of FDA's Office of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- August 13, 2004 FDA Offers Information
for Hurricane Aftermath
2004 White House Statements:
- February 20, 2004 President Bush to Nominate FDA Commissioner
McClellan to Head Medicare Agency
White House Statement Archives:
1997 - present
2004 FDA Talk Papers:
- September 3, 2004
FDA Gives Advice to Consumers to Handle the Aftermath of Hurricane Frances
- August 12, 2004 FDA and CBP Announce Revised Compliance Schedule
for Enforcement of The Prior Notice Interim Final Rule and Contingency Plan for Prior Notice
System Outages
- July 9, 2004
FDA Alerts Consumers Not to Feed Infants Chinese Infant Formula
-
July 7, 2004 FDA Seizes Adulterated Crabmeat in Louisiana
- July 2, 2004 FDA Alerts Consumers About Adverse Events
Associated with "Permanent Makeup"
- May 25, 2004 FDA
Alerts Consumers of Recall of Certain Germack Brand Almonds Due to Potential Contamination
- January 8, 2004 FDA Seizes Goods at Reed Creek Milling Due to Insanitary Conditions
Talk Paper Archives: 1995 - present
and
Other FDA Talk Papers
2004 FDA & HHS Press Releases:
- September 23, 2004
USDA, FDA And DHS Sign Agreement With NASDA to Make Nations Agriculture and Food Supply More
Secure
- September 22, 2004
USDA, FDA and DHS Officials to Sign Cooperative Agreement With National Association of State
Departments of Agriculture
- September 20, 2004 FDA Proposes Further Action to Improve
Farm-to-Table Shell Egg Safety
- September 8, 2004
FDA Announces Qualified Health Claims for Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- August 20, 2004 Leslye M. Fraser, S.M., J.D., Named Director
of FDA's Office of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- August 13, 2004 FDA Offers Information for Hurricane
Aftermath
- August 9, 2004
FDA Alerts Consumers That Certain Healthy Way Brand Sprouted Grain Bread Products May
Contain Stone Pieces
- August 2, 2004
Acting FDA Commissioner Outlines Priorities for Next Six Months
- July 28, 2004 FDA Analyses Finds Ground
Castor Beans - Not Purified Ricin -- in Two Tampered Baby Food Jars in
Irvine, California Case
- July 23, 2004
FDA Investigates Certain ROMA Tomatoes as Source of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Mid-Atlantic States
- July 22, 2004
Metabolife, Founder Indicted for Lying to FDA about Ephedra Risks
- July 20, 2004 FDA Commends Passage by the House of
Representatives of S. 741, a Bill Providing Improved Consumer Protection and Incentives for
Animal Drug Development
- July 16, 2004
FDA Issues Alert on Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic States
- July 9, 2004 USDA and FDA Strengthen Safeguards Against
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- June 25, 2004
FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on Bucks County Distributors Food Products That May Contain
Undeclared Food Allergens
- June 23, 2004
Statement on FDA Test Results from Washington State Dairy Cattle
- June 21, 2004
Statement on Dairy Cattle Deaths in Washington State
- June 16, 2004
Dr. Laura Tarantino Named Director of FDA's Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- June 3, 2004
Sprouters Northwest, Inc. Recalls Raw Alfalfa Sprouts Due to Possible Health Risk
- June 2, 2004 FDA
Investigating Illnesses Associated With School Lunches Served in Massachusetts
- May 27, 2004 FDA Finalizes Rule on Administrative Detention
of Suspect Food; Final Rule Increases Security and Safety of U.S. Food Supply
- May 21, 2004 FDA
Issues Alert on Additional Recalled Stocks of Paramount Farms Raw Almonds
- May 21, 2004 FDA
Issues Alert on Foodborne Illness Associated with Certain Basil and Mesculin/Spring Mix
Salad Products
- May 7, 2004 FDA to Determine Health Significance of Low Furan
Levels in Foods
- May 6, 2004 FDA
Announces Modernization of Food Good Manufacturing Practices
- May 6, 2004
British Man Charged in Extortion Plot Involving Tainted Food Products
- May 4, 2004
Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms
- April 26, 2004 FDA Proposes Additional Rules to Ensure the
Safety of Imported Food
- April 19, 2004 Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Lester M. Crawford
Outlines Science-Based Plan for Dietary Supplement Enforcement
- April 12, 2004 Dr. Barbara O. Schneeman Named To Lead FDA's
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutritions 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 9, 2004
FDA Statement on Lead Contamination in Certain Candy Products Imported from Mexico
- April 7, 2004 Physicians, Nurses and U.S. Government Release
New Foodborne Illness Guide
- April 1, 2004 FDA Warns Distributors of Dietary Supplements
Promoted Online for Weight Loss
- March 31, 2004 FDA Moves Forward on Qualified Health Claims
- March 25, 2004 FDA Releases Acrylamide Data and Final
Acrylamide Action Plan
- 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 With FDA To Stop Selling Product Claiming To Cure
"Over 650" Diseases
- March 12, 2004
HHS Unveils FDA Strategy to Help Reduce Obesity
- March 11, 2004 HHS Launches
Crackdown on Products Containing Andro; FDA Warns Manufacturers to Stop Distributing Such Products
- February 27, 2004 Canada, Mexico and United States Sign
Charter
- February 6, 2004
FDA Issues Regulation Prohibiting Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids
and Reiterates Its Advice That Consumers Stop Using These Products
- February 5, 2004
FDA Seizes Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements From On-Line Massachusetts Company for
Unsubstantiated Athletic Performance Claims
- February 2, 2004
FDA's Budget Proposal for FY 2005 Requests Increase for Food Safety
- February 2, 2004
President Requests Budgetary Increase, Greater Food Defense Role for FDA in FY 2005
- February 2, 2004
FDA Names David W.K. Acheson, M.D., Director of the Food Safety and Security Staff
- January 26, 2004 Expanded "Mad Cow" Safeguards Announced
To Strengthen Existing Firewalls Against BSE Transmission
- January 23, 2004 FDA Warns Consumers Not to Feed Infants
"Better than Formula Ultra Infant Immune Booster 117"
- January 13, 2004
FDA Advances Consumer Health and Safety in 2004
Press Release Archives: 1995 - present
and
Other FDA Press Releases
2004 Congressional Testimony
- June 25, 2004
Statement by the Acting Commissioner before the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on
Energy and Commerce
- June 8, 2004
Statement by the Center Director before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
- June 3, 2004
Statement by the Acting Commissioner before the House Committee on Government Reform
- March 30, 2004
Statement by the Center Director before the Civil Service and Agency Organization
Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Reform
- March 24, 2004
Statement by the Center Director before the Human Rights and Wellness Subcommittee of the
House Committee on Government Reform
- January 27, 2004
Statement by Deputy Commissioner before the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Congressional Testimony Archives: 1996
- present
and
Other FDA Congressional
Testimony
2004 FDA Speeches
- September 24, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to U.S. Vatican Mission's Conference on Biotechnology
- August 4, 2004
Remarks by by Acting FDA Commissioner to National Medical Association
- August 2, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to National Press Club
- July 13, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to IFT 2004 Chief Food Officials
- July 12, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to World Obesity Congress & Expo
- June 29, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to American Seed Trade Association and
American Organization of Seed Certifying Agencies Joint Annual Convention
- June 21, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to Association of Food and Drug Officials
- June 7, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to Association of Academic Health Centers' 11th Congress
of Health Professions Educators
- May 6, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to National Food Policy Conference
- April 19, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics & American Society for Nutritional Sciences
- April 6, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to National Institute for Animal Agriculture
- April 5, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to American Veterinary Medical Association
Executive Board & House Advisory Committee
- March 10, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to Harvard Medical School 6th Postgraduate Nutrition
Symposium
- March 3, 2004
Remarks by Acting FDA Commissioner to Food Science Dept., U. of Massachusetts
Speech Archives: 1999 - present
and
Other FDA Speeches
Other Government Sources of Food Safety Information