FDA budget

Senate vote on agriculture approps bill expected Oct. 18. Conference report on HR 4461 passed House by a 340-75 vote Oct. 11. Bill provides FDA with $1.22 bil. for fiscal 2001, including salaries, expenses and majority of user fees. CDER receives $317.5 mil., with $6.8 mil. earmarked for adverse event monitoring of drugs. AER funding for dietary supplements/foods is removed in conference report, committee says. CFSAN and its field offices are allocated $285.3 mil., a $30 mil. increase over FY 2000 budget. Food center also is granted $1 mil. to fund a joint University of Mississippi dietary supplement research center