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Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:58:25 -0400
From: FDA News Digest <fdanewsdigest[bat]OC.FDA.GOV>
Subject: FDA News Digest for July 30, 2007

FDA News Digest
July 30, 2007
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IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE
>  News
    --  FDA Allows Restricted Use of Suspended Drug Zelnorm for
Qualified Patients

    --  Agency Report on Nanotechnology Outlines Scientific, Regulatory
Challenges

>  Safety Alerts/Recalls

>  Congressional Testimony

>  Question of the Week

<http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/news/>

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NEWS
 
FDA Allows Restricted Use of Suspended Drug Zelnorm for Qualified
Patients
FDA is permitting the suspended drug Zelnorm to be used to treat
irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic
idiopathic constipation (CIC) in women younger than 55 who meet specific
guidelines.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01673.html
 
Agency Report on Nanotechnology Outlines Scientific, Regulatory
Challenges
FDA has released a report recommending that the agency consider taking
steps to address the benefits and risks of drugs and medical devices
using nanotechnology -- the science of creating and using materials at
the level of molecules and atoms (1/100,000th the width of a human
hair).
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01671.html
 
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SAFETY ALERTS/RECALLS

Food Recalls:
 
>  FDA has created a special page listing all the Castleberry's Food
Company chili products subjected to a recent recall due to botulism.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/castleberry.html
 
Also being recalled:

 
>  Various whole wheat fresh bread products baked at Sara Lee's bakery
in Meridian, Miss.
    Reason for recall: products may contain small pieces of metal
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/saralee07_07.html
 
For a list of recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts involving
FDA-regulated
products from the past 60 days, go to
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

To access the RSS feed of FDA recalls information, go to

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/rssRecalls.xml

[What is an RSS feed? See
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/newsfeeds.html
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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

July 24 -- FDA Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection David Acheson,
M.D., appeared before the House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats,
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology

    Subject: FDA food defense activities

http://www.fda.gov/ola/2007/foodsafety072407.html

To view an archive of past testimony by FDA officials, go to

http://www.fda.gov/ola/listing.html
 

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Does a doctor always have to refer a patient to a mammography facility?

No. A patient can have a mammography exam and receive the follow-up
report without a doctor's referral (this is called a "self referral").
Before the exam, however, verify that the facility accepts self-referred
patients because some facilities do not.

For more on mammography, see http://www.fda.gov/CDRH/MAMMOGRAPHY/

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