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• Topical treatment gains favor with urologists: a San Diego biotech firm named Apricus Biosciences said it has won approval for a topical cream to treat erectile dysfunction from Health Canada, the Canadian version of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a recent press announcement.

Topical Treatment Gains Favor With Urologists: A San Diego biotech firm named Apricus Biosciences said it has won approval for a topical cream to trea...

• San Diego Business Journal
• January 17, 2011

• Fda Warns Green Tea Beverage Makers Over Nutrition Claims

WASHINGTON - Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages. In a warning letter issued Aug. 30, the Food and Drug Administration takes issue with the labeling of Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale. The agency issued a similar letter Aug. 23 to Unilever Inc., over website and product labeling for its Lipton Green Tea.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• September 08, 2010

• Food labelling regulation to promote healthy eating.

... leading causes of death and disability in Canada and worldwide, and many of these diseases arc asso... way as other health interventions like new drugs, so looking for the same type or level of evidence..., (12) and the Food and Drug Administration recently released the regulations that will put th...

• Health Law Review
• Vol. 20 Nbr. 1, September 2011

• Fda Cites Claims On 2 Green Tea Beverages

Federal health regulators issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages. In a warning letter issued Aug. 30, the Food and Drug Administration takes issue with the labeling of Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale. The agency issued a similar letter Aug. 23 to Unilever Inc., over website and product labeling for its Lipton Green Tea. Food processors increasingly have been adding vitamins and nutrients to their products to make them more appealing to health-conscious consumers.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• September 08, 2010

• Canada's Announcement Regarding Bpa Is Contrary to the Weight of Worldwide Scientific Evidence

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the Canadian Minister of the Environment today announcing the decision to list bisphenol A (BPA) as a toxic substance under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Steven G. Hentges, Ph.D., Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) made the following comments: Just days after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) once again confirmed that BPA is safe for use in food-contact items, Environment Canada's announcement is contrary to the weight of worldwide scientific evidence, unwarranted and will unnecessarily confuse and alarm the public. This puts Environment Canada at odds with the recent conclusions of EFSA, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the German Federal Institute for Risk ...

• U.S. Newswire
• October 13, 2010

• Sweet Relief: Regulators to Halt Imports of 'Fake' Syrup

SKOWHEGAN - Four months ago, on her first visit to a Maine maple sugarhouse, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was fed some complaints along with the pure syrup and maple candy. Skowhegan maple producers Jeremy Steeves and Robert Smith told Collins that adulterated syrup was being allowed into the country from Canada and that the federal Food and Drug Administration wasn't acting to halt the imports, despite being alerted more than a year earlier by Maine's Maple Producers Association.

• Bangor Daily News
• August 02, 2005

• Lawmakers to Cast Votes On Drug Import Measures: ; Bill Opens Way for; Drug Imports While; Treaty Blocks Them

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers get an opportunity this week to cast election-year votes both for and against allowing prescription drug imports - roll calls they can tout separately to voters at home and to pharmaceutical companies and officials helping finance many of their campaigns. An agriculture spending bill currently has a provision opening the way for imports by preventing the Food and Drug Administration from blocking purchases of FDA-approved drugs from Canada and other countries. Those imports generally carry prices about one-third lower than those charged in the United States.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• July 15, 2004

• Additional Flu Shots Unlikely

WASHINGTON - Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation's health secretary cautioned Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere, and have found a few million unsold doses.

• Charleston Gazette
• October 16, 2004

• Senate Focuses On Importing Medication

The Bush administration yesterday favored keeping the ban on importing prescription drugs despite a new Democratic majority in Congress that supports allowing lower-priced medications from countries such as Canada. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday debated legislation introduced by Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota Democrat, that would establish safeguards designed to ensure prescription drugs brought into the United States from Canada are not harmful. For instance, the bill directs the Food and Drug Administration to inspect Canadian drug exporters 12 times a year, far more frequently than U.S. drug makers.

• The Washington Times
• March 08, 2007

• Health Official Calls Import of Flu Shots Unlikely

WASHINGTON - Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease America's crippling shortage, the nation's health secretary cautioned Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere and have found a few million unsold doses.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• November 04, 2004