Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach announce Jan. 15 the agencies have offices established in New Delhi, and Mumbai, India. Ten HHS/FDA officials will be assigned in India "to work closely with industries that ship food and medical products to the United States, to improve safety and quality, which will facilitate the smooth flow of trade," HHS says. FDA also has a presence in China, Central America and Europe. As part of its Beyond Our Borders Initiative, the agency says it will expand in 2009 to Mexico, the Middle East and South America and open additional European sites (1"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 28, 2008, p. 3)
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
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Thibaut Mongon is out as Kenvue CEO, a post he’s held since J&J spun it out in July 2023, after the firm’s results came under increased investor scrutiny over the past year. The board appointed as interim CEO Kirk Perry, a board member since December who most recently headed technology, data and pre
The US House of Representatives passes legislation requiring manufacturers of non-flushable wet wipes to label products as ‘non-flushable," a move endorsed by the Personal Care Products Council.
Perrigo stands to gain up to €327m with sale of brands such as ACO and Emolium to KKR.
