| Date |
Report No. |
Title |
| Date April 30, 1987 |
Report No. T-RCED-87-21 |
Title
is ’ United States General Accounting Office 132SaO ‘ GAO Testimony * -- r a For Release on Delivers Expectedat 10:00 a.m. MT Thursday April 30, 1987 Federal RequlatianofPe&icide ResiduesinFood J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Canptroller General Resources, Canmunitv, and Econanic Develorment Division Before the Subcurunittee on Oversiqht and Investiqat-ions Cannittee on Enerqv and Cannerce House of... |
| Date Dec. 19, 1986 |
Report No. PEMD-87-1 |
Title
. , United Statee General Accounting Office 1 GAO
Decetiber 1986 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate MEDICAL DEVICES Early Warning of Problems Is Hampered by Severe Underreporting i 32008 537b 18
GAO,/PEMD-87-l mBmCTED-- Not to be released outsidotha c30nere] AccountingOfficeexceptqn the basis 0f cpta:fio WPrOV~by the Office of Congrnsslclnnl ~~cla,t~nn~,... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-102 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
September 1986 Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services ADMINISTRATION
Laboratonl Analysis of Product Samples Needs to Be More Timely FOOD AND DRUG 03b8cL3
GAO,fHED86-102 GAO united states General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20643 Human Resources Division B-224625
September 30, 1986 The Honorable Otis R. Bowen, M.D. The Secretary of He... |
| Date Sept. 5, 1986 |
Report No. IMTEC-86-32 |
Title
. , 1 * ? United States General Accounting Office “GAO
September 1986 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives I DRUG REGULATION, FDA’s Computer Systems Need ,fb Be I Better Managed nl~llllln~~
131277 p#STPUIC~D-- Not, $0 be rdsnseb
Ofikk? Of o-3
icxiad~m. tho CfaXd Accounting approval b... |
| Date Aug. 29, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-214FS |
Title
Fact Sh&t for the ~Honorable Frank fiorton., House of R;epresentati+es
_ ‘ 1.313lw . Luguet1986 .' ' i- PEhXES
Imported Apple ‘,
&& FDA’s I~ve@gatigm of Concentrate REBTIWPED- Not to be released outside the General.
fmoun+~ Offic? except on the basis of
specific BEE&D approval by the Office of Con@essionalRelations. . I . ‘A0
c .United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 2054... |
| Date Aug. 28, 1986 |
Report No. HRD-86-136FS |
Title
August 1986 FOOD AND DRUG Resources for ~Dhisi~n of Scientific . Invetitigations Have * Been Reduced lllllllll IIll
131183 GAO/-136FS 53G7Scj * ‘.A United States General Accounting Office -GAO
August 1986 Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Special Committee on Aging, United‘ States Senate FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Resources for Division of Scientific Investigations Have Been Reduced GAO/HRD-86-13... |
| Date April 18, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-125 |
Title
Rpr.i.1 1.8, 1986 ‘JYrc Honorablr? Dave Durenherger , Chairman ‘I’hkb Horlorable Max Baucus, Ranking Minor Icy Member Sub(:omml.tt et! on Tcrxi c Substances and t+rv L ronmental Oversi.ght Committee on Environment and Public Works IJnitr!d States Senate As requested 1 n your .June 29, 1984, letter and subsequent disrussi ens we have reviewed the Environmental Prot.ect.ion wi th your off Ice... |
| Date March 4, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-112 |
Title
, .4
-..--- . . ‘GAO
------ _____. Report to the Honorable Frank Horton
United States General Accounting Office * . LvPwbI -3-!‘ House of Representatives E&L-i986 IMPORTED WINES Identifying and Removing-Wines Contavninated With Diethylene Glyeol 111 lllllllll 1111
129587 * 1.. ...I pq. n --Rot ‘: n” |
| Date April 1, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-85-82 |
Title
FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY ~llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll~ JANUARY 1981 - DECEMBER '1984
126782 References t o Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office
G A 0 / R C E D-85-82 03Is77 FOOD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 - DECEMBER 1984 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548... |
| Date Aug. 30, 1984 |
Report No. HRD-84-65 |
Title
Warn STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFKE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 The Honorable John D. Dingell, Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Evaluation of Selected Aspects of FDA's Food Manufacturing Sanitation Inspection Efforts (GAO/HRD-84-65) This letter is in response to the Subcommittee's request that we ... |
| Date April 1, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-130 |
Title
i
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office
GAO/WED-84-1 30 . FOOD
BIBLlOGRAPHY
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 - DECEMBER 1983 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 APRIL 1984 . GAO/RCED-84-130 CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Document process... |
| Date Feb. 24, 1984 |
Report No. 123484 |
Title
UNITED STATES ~hE#AL ACCdUNTING OFFICE 20548 ' I WASHIN'GTON,D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected February at 10:00 AM EST 24, 1984 STATEMENTOF FRANKLIN A. CURTIS . ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMANRESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY'AND COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON ON THE
.I. ~FEDERAL REGULATION 4 MEDICAL DEVICES ( I b III 1111111
123484 ~0 I , ” M r..Chairman... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-53 |
Title
The 1976 amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate medical devices and ensure their safety and effectiveness. Medical devices range from simple instruments, such as tongue depressors, to complex ones, such as kidney dialysis machines and artificial organs. The amendments require FDA to (1) protect the public against unsafe or ... |
| Date Sept. 9, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-153 |
Title
FOREWORD Federal food safety regulation, the responsibility of several agencies, is a complex system of laws enacted over a period of almost 80 years to address Specific needs. The Congress and the administration have been considering amendments 50 food safety statutes, but because the U.S. food supply is changing from staple foods to highly processed foods and real Federal dollars going to food ... |
| Date April 1, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-110 |
Title
d - llll11111lllllllll
121341 FOOD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
JANUARY 1981 DECEMBER $982
& - References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office RED-83-1IO
m i - FOOD
BIBLIQGRAPHY
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 DECEMBER 1982 - U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 APRIL 1983 RCED-83-110 U.S. G... |
| Date June 1, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-76 |
Title
8 ,
t I 11l1l11111 I lI 1l1l111111 I11l1 1111l
119106 FOOD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
JANUARY - DECEMBER 1981 References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office
CE D-82-76 (322yj-3 FOOD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY-DECEMBER 1981 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 JUNE 1982 CED-82... |
| Date April 26, 1982 |
Report No. HRD-82-41 |
Title
I. 1 L ,jej+$-f/ //g/q6 ’ BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
FDA’s Approach To Reviewing Over-The-Counter Drugs Is Reasonable, But Progress Is Slow
F’ederal law requires the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that drugs sold csver the counter are safe and effective. FDA has designed a reasonable approach to regulating this large market, where retail sales... |
| Date Jan. 8, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-12 |
Title
REPORT THEUS BY General Accounting Office
Informing ThePublicAbout Food-A Strategy IsNeeded For Improving Communication
Consumers have difficulty deciding what foods to buy because of the vast selection of food items, rising food prices, and a growing desire to select health-promoting foods. The Federal Government has developed an extensive array of regulations and programs that provide informatio... |
| Date Dec. 15, 1981 |
Report No. 116887 |
Title
. * t ' Address Presented to
25th. Annual Educational Conference
bY The Food and Drug Law I n s t i t u t e in Washington, D.C. on December 15-1 6 , 1981 Murray Grant, M.D., D.P.H. "PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN FDA'S DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS" PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN FDA'S DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS In My of l a s t year the GAO issued a report on the FDA's drug approval a process that followed almost 3 years... |
| Date Dec. 11, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-3 |
Title
lieport To The Congres$
: OF THEUNITED STATES Req~ubtionofCancerCausing FoodAclgWesTirneForAChange?
The 1958 “Delaney Clause” of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which requires the Food and t&-u Administration to ban the use of cancercausing 8ood additives, continues to be a source of controversy, an emotlonal issue, and a target for change. While food safaty experts agree that the Del... |
| Date Nov. 23, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-82-16 |
Title
Comptroller General
CiF THE UNITEDSTATES Speeding Up The Drug Review Ffrocess:Results Encouraging -E&t Progress Slow G ’0 is recommending actions that the Secreta of Health and Human Services could take to 4Yurther reduce drug review time. 117126 tj RD.8246 NOVEMBEdr 23,1981 Raquast for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Serv... |
| Date Nov. 6, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-82-6 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL ’ Rqcmrt To The Congress
OF THEUNITED STATES Stronger Crackdown Needed On Clandestine Laboratories Manufacturing Dangerous Drugs
The Drug Enforcement Administration needs to step up its efforts against clandestine laboratories which manufacture nonnarcotic dangerous drugs. Although DEA has desi nated traffrckmg In dangerous drugs its secon ! highest priorrty it devotes m... |
| Date Oct. 6, 1981 |
Report No. B-204277 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
v .. WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 HRl-BILL-17 - October 6, 1981 B-204277 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar United States Senate Dear Senator Lugar: As requested, we have reviewed S. 1442,1 entitled "Food Safety Amendments of 1981," which is intended to revise and update the Nation's food safety laws. The Amendments are aimed at improving food safety decisions by prov... |
| Date July 17, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-125 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-202161 The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Subcommittee on Health Chairman, and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. 115882 Chairman: -P----" "1) (HRD-81-125) Subject: Federal Drug Development Programs L J This is in response to your request that we develop information o... |
| Date April 20, 1981 |
Report No. HRD-81-61 |
Title
/--- I. .A/ cllj ( .,r- .--..‘I-\_I; :‘-r[:_ s’A\T’s I, . I
it. M. Goldwater, Jr. entatives al Cortical Extract Off Drug Market
In .,lanuary 1978, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent regulatory letters to drug firms involved !:I the marketing of adrenal cortical extract praducts advising them that it considered these products to be unapproved new drugs and in violation of the Feder... |
| Date April 1, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-73 |
Title
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U S . General Accounting Office
@ED-81 -73 O I b 779 FOOD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1977-DECEMBER 1980 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 April 1981 CED-81-73 US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE MILTON J. SOCOLAR, ACTING COMPTROLLER GENERAL CLERIO P... |
| Date Aug. 14, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-91 |
Title
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES FDA’sRegulation Of Gentian Violet Appears Reasonable
The FSood and Drug Administration has not approved the use of pntian violet as a food additive! or as an animal drug. GAO found no indication that FDA’s position was unreasonable or that regulatory actions taken by FDA were improper. In 9 of 10 cases where FDA regulatory actions were challenged in cour... |
| Date May 28, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-64 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Subcommittee On Science, a Research, And Technology, House Committee On Science And Technology
OF THEUNITEDSTATES FDA Drug Approval--A Lengthy Process That Delays The Availability Of Important New Drugs
The average time required by the Food and Drug Administration to approve drugs--some of which could provide increased therapeutic benefits--is 20 months, incl... |
| Date Feb. 15, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-32 |
Title
The Environmental Protection Agency has several new programs to better regulate pesticides-chemicals which provide great benefits but which can threaten man and the environment. The most recent is a 10 to 15-year program to reassessthe safety of 35,900 federally registered pesticide products. However, the program, which started in October 1978, is already behind schedule and has many unresolved po... |
| Date Feb. 4, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-44 |
Title
--ECnm- As you know, secl,.i.on 236 of the Legislative Reorgani _I’I zat ion Act of 19711 requires the head of a Federal agency Ii 0 2 u t~rr i t: ~3 written stat.ement on actions taken on our L ecrrmmc~~ndat ions to the House Committee on Government Operations zinc1 the Bc?nat.e Committee on Governmental Affairs not 1 a t e r t- h a n 6 (1 d a y s sfIt.c~r the date of the report and to the I IO... |
| Date Jan. 31, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-80-46 |
Title
Does Nitrite Cause Cancer? Concerns About Validity Of FDA-Sponsored Study Delay Answer
T tic: F oocl ;~ncl Drug Adrninistriltion and the f”)~!(,ilt.lrll~!llI of Aq;icuIturc: are faced with ~1 cl~l~zrr~rri;~ rcxjartling nitrite a substance widely 11stx1 to l,rt!sorvct, color, and flavor meat prod crcts. Using rritritc may ~KVx! a lorqj-term (:ilnc(!r risk or other health prot)lems. Not trsillq it... |
| Date June 22, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-43 |
Title
Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES /# I3r- Better Regulation Of Pesticide Exports And Pesticide Residues In Imported Food Is Essential
Pesticides suspended, canceled, or never registered for use in the United States because of hazards associated with their use are exported routinely. Serious injuries have occurred from the use of these pesticides in other countries. The Environmental Protec... |
| Date April 17, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-10 |
Title
. I 1oq 102 BY THECOMPTROLLERGl?dERAL 4 ..4,: . Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Problems In Preventing The Marketing Of Raw Meat And Poultry Containing Potentially Harmful Residues
GAO estimates that 14 percent by dressed weight of the meat and poultry sampled by the Department of Agriculture between 1974 and 1976 contained illegal and potentially harmful residues of animal drugs, pestici... |
| Date Feb. 14, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-32 |
Title
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Food Salvage Industry Should Be Prevented From SeHing Unfit And Misbranded Food To The Public
Potentially adulterated food in dirty, rusted, swollen, and severely dented cans or torn packages is being sold to the public and to health care facilities. Product labels are often missing or incomplete. These conditions in the food salvage industry are the same as those GAO reported i... |
| Date March 29, 1978 |
Report No. PAD-78-68 |
Title
DOCOUBEI
07148 - [E26877581 RESUME [Federal Regulatory Policies]. PD-78-68; B-163628. 1978. 5 pp + appendix (43 pp.). arch 29, Report to Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, Chairman, Senate Commitee on Governmental Affairs; Sen. Charles H. Percy, Banking inoity MSeber; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Program Analysis Div. Organization Concerned: Food and Drug Administration; Department of Ene... |
| Date Nov. 2, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-78-9 |
Title
DLCUNEIIT RESUME
04045 B3074327] 1/- 9-'77 Food Additive, Acrylonitrile, Banned in Beveraae Containers. ovember 2, 1977. Released ovember 9, 4RD-78-9; B-164031(2). 1977. 17 pp. Report to Rep. Toby offett; by Paul G. Dembling, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Food (1700); Consumer and orker Protection: Safety of Food Additives (905). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: Health: Pre... |
| Date Aug. 16, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-156 |
Title
_’ ‘. ..,. Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare In February 1972, the Food and Drug Administration published an interim regulation to allow the continued use of saccharin in food for a limited time, to resolve the question of its potential to cause cancer. Resolution of the question is not expected before mid-l 978. Allowing an interim food additive regulat... |
| Date July 15, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-96 |
Title
Food and Drug /M-ministration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare The Food and Drug Administration has neither adequately monitored new drug tests nor adequately enforced compliance with testing requirements. Consequently, it lacks assurance (1) that the thousands of human subjects used in such tests annually are protected from unnecessary hazards of new drugs or (2) that the test data us... |
| Date April 8, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-111 |
Title
7 r&4,&~ J REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES llIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM099382 u lati artame
Food and Drug Administration Department A &pxv,/b and Welfare of HesIt-h, Education, On July 26, 1974, istration published a use of aspartame, Later, questions were effects of the additive Before inary cated mitted and Drug Adminregulation approving the an artificial sweete... |
| Date March 12, 1976 |
Report No. MWD-76-67 |
Title
Food and Drug Administration Center for Disease Control epartment of Health, Education,
Between July 1, 1965, and November 10, 1975, there were recalls of 608 chemical large volume parenteral products involving over 43 million individual containers which had been distributed. Between January 1, 1970, and November 10, 1975, there were 17 recalls of biological large volume parenteral products. Most ... |
| Date April 30, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-75-52 |
Title
Public Hazards From Unsatisfactory Medical Diagnostic Products
Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare BY THE COMPTROLL&R GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
MWD-75-52 APfUL30,1975 COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20!548 B-164031(2) f 4 /' To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report discussing... |
| Date Jan. 29, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-75-19 |
Title
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LM097111 Departmcni Department Depariment of kieaith, Education, and Welfare of Agricu Iture of Commerce COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED S-I-A-ES B-ld3@31(2) Comptroller General of the United St:ates Cont ---w-w-- ents Page DIGEST . CHAPTER 1 2 INTRODLJCTi9N NEED FOR FULL DISCLOSURE OF IYGREDIENTS Some products are exempt from listing their ingredie... |
| Date Jan. 29, 1975 |
Report No. MWD-75-19A |
Title
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LM097110 * . MuiZ--7slo? JAN. 2% f 9 7 5 Contents Paqe INTRODUCTION NEED FOR FULL _‘ - 1 DISCLQSURE OF INGREDIENTS 2 5 INGREDIENTS (3 10 13 16 17 20 NUTRITIONAL LABELING I .I NEED FOR PERCENTAGE OF CHARACTERIZING CN LABELS QUALITY GRADING--HELP OR HANDICAP? SYSTEI! NEED FOR UNIFGRM UNIT UNIT PRICING--OLD PRICING--IMPACT OPEN DATING IDEA, NEW APPLICATION ON CONSUMER AND ... |
| Date Oct. 23, 1974 |
Report No. RED-75-276 |
Title
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LM096728 %nvironme~tal Protection Agency Food and Drug Administration DepartrRent 0: Heafth, Edrscatiort, and Weffare . COlbWTROIIEF 3SNERAL
WASNNGTUl% OF THE
D.C. lJNITECl STATES 2054!3 . B- 133192 i ‘I The Honorable Julia Butler House of Representatives Dear Mrs. Hansen: Hansen This is our report on questions on the safe’ty of the pesticide malei... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1974 |
Report No. 091053 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1974 |
Report No. 091091 |
Title
The G‘AO t2uilrling. 441 C Street. NW., K’nshington, D.C. President Harry S. Truman participutetl in the laying of the cornerstone in Septemher 1951. During the dedication ceremonies he stated: “Many people in the Government hace wrongly considered the General Accounting Ofice a sort of bugaboo thnt keeps them from doing what they want to do. Many people outside the Government, when they th... |
| Date May 10, 1972 |
Report No. 094505 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 For release on delivery expected at 10 am. EDT Wednesday, May 10, 1972 STATEMENT OF ELMER STAATS, COMPTROLLER B. GENERAL THE UNITEDSTATES OF BEFORE THE 5‘ s-+Q MONOPOLY SUBCOMMITTEE SELECT COMMITTEE SMALLBUSINESS ON A $+7 UNITED STATES. SENATE fl lG; on
-. EXPENDITURES cDIRECTAND INDIRFCTPRESCRIPTION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR D We are p... |
| Date April 17, 1972 |
Report No. B-175425 |
Title
_I I , ’ , - REPQRT TO Illllllll lllllllllllllll IIIll Ill11 Ill11 llllllll
LM096596 Efforts To Prevent Dangerous Drugs From illicitly Reaching The Public B.175425
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Department of Justice BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED
20548 STATES D.C. B-175425 To the President Speaker of the This Narcotics to p... |
