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FDA finalizes guidance document on OTC drug labeling

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

The FDA has issued final guidance on “Labeling OTC Human Drug Products Questions and Answers.”

CPSC issues rules on inaccessibility, electronic products, lead-free products and books

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2009

On Friday, January 9, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued new rules on four of the most pressing issues facing consumer product manufacturers regarding implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA

Recent developments in the world of medical monitoring

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 2 2007

Medical monitoring or surveillance claims typically seek an award for the cost of periodic medical examinations or testing to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of diseases allegedly caused by exposure to products, chemicals, or other hazardous materials

CPSC enforcing new requirements for children's products effective August 14

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 3 2009

New requirements for children's produts under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) are now in effect

Senate approves $125 billion bill for FDA and USDA

  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 18 2009

Spending for the FDA would increase by 15 percent under the Appropriations Act, to $2.3 billion, partly to help fund additional food safety measures introduced by the Food Safety Enhancement Act which passed through the House the last week of July

FDA finalizes guidance document on evidence needed to substantiate dietary supplement claims

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

The FDA has released final guidance on “Substantiation for Dietary Supplement Claims Made Under Section 403(r)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” which discusses the amount, type, and quality of evidence that FDA recommends a dietary supplement manufacturer have to substantiate a nutritional deficiency, structurefunction, or general well-being claim

CPSC declares intent to actively enforce consumer safety laws against businesses large and small

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 31 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced last week that TGH International Trading Inc. (TGH), of Los Angeles, Calif., has agreed to pay a $31,500 civil penalty to settle allegations that the company knowingly imported and sold toys that did not meet the requirements of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA

Supreme Court upholds express preemption of state law product liability claims for medical devices given FDA pre-market approval

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2008

The United States Supreme Court has confirmed that state law product liability claims against manufacturers of medical devices given pre-market approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) are preempted, pursuant to the 1976 Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Ohio Supreme Court upholds workers' compensation subrogation law

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2008

The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's workers' compensation subrogation law last week in Groch v. General Motors Corporation

House of Representatives approves Food Safety Enhancement Act

  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 18 2009

On Thursday, July 30, the House passed a food safety bill, the Food Safety Enhancement Act (the Act), which promises far-reaching reform from the farm to the fork