Obama picks FDA chief, starts food safety panel (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Margaret Hamburg to head FDA * Joshua Sharfstein named deputy * HHS and USDA to work out new food safety structure (Adds lawmaker comment, details on Hamburg) By Lisa Richwine WASHINGTON, ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-14 10:16 UPDATE 1-Obama picks FDA chief, starts new food safety panel (Interactive Investor)
WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama chose food safety and biological and nuclear threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and announced a new cabinet-level food safety working group on Saturday. Obama also announced measures to keep meat from diseased cows from entering the food supply and promised to increase the number of FDA food ...