Friday, 15 August 2008

National Association Of Chain Drug Stores Pushing For Separate Food, Drug Regulations


The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has begun lobbying House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders' staff in opposition to stricter track-and-trace rules in the heat of the recent salmonella outbreak, CongressDaily reports. Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) recently released a revised version of the do drugs portion of an FDA overhaul invoice on which he is working that would give the agency more authority to oversee food and drug products. According to CongressDaily, when Dingell's