fitnessROCKS.org » Food Safety http://www.fitnessrocks.org A podcast that wants to change the health of the world Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:10:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Is the FDA Protecting Our Food and Drugs? http://www.fitnessrocks.org/2009/12/13/is-the-fda-protecting-our-food-and-drugs/ http://www.fitnessrocks.org/2009/12/13/is-the-fda-protecting-our-food-and-drugs/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:09:26 +0000 admin http://www.fitnessrocks.org/?p=877 You may not know it, but most of the medications you might take, either prescribed, or over-the-counter, are made in other countries by factories that submitted the lowest bid.  This makes higher profits for the drug companies doing the “outsourcing,” but is it good for you? I interviewed William Hubbard, a retired [...]]]> You may not know it, but most of the medications you might take, either prescribed, or over-the-counter, are made in other countries by factories that submitted the lowest bid.  This makes higher profits for the drug companies doing the “outsourcing,” but is it good for you? I interviewed William Hubbard, a retired FDA associate commissioner, about whether the FDA is able to adequately inspect drugs manufactured in overseas factories.

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Mr. Hubbard wrote an article for the October 12, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine outlining some of the problems he sees with the FDA and the practice of outsourcing drug manufacturing to developing countries where regulation is often poor.









References:

Can the FDA Ensure the Safety of Our Pharmaceuticals?

Bacterial Contamination of Heparin and Saline

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