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FDA requests comments on food safety controls The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday that it is seeking public comments on prevention control measures for food facilities, a request based on provision of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act that was signed into law in January.

FDA Takes Action Against Illegal Marketing of Tobacco Products
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it issued 11 warning letters last week to online retailers for illegally marketing tobacco products with misleading or unsubstantiated claims or descriptors indicating that they can be used to reduce harm or the risk of tobacco-related disease.

FDA seeks tobacco industry input, but some firms frustrated with process
Some tobacco industry representatives expressed frustration Monday with how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has handled its regulatory authority over tobacco products so far.