The History of the Food and Drug Administration is the second in a four-part series profiling the history, structure and purpose of consumer protection agencies in the United States, including the CPSC, FDA, USDA and NHTSA. … [Read more...]

This is the first in a four-part series profiling the history, structure and purpose of consumer protection agencies in the United States, including the CPSC, FDA, USDA and NHTSA. U.S.CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was created in 1972 when Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Act to … [Read more...]

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Digg, your "Blog This" function creates posts with broken "Digg Story" links. Here are some screenshots and a simple suggested fix of using absolute paths or adding https://www.digg.com dynamically to your relative paths. At first I figured it was an error that they'd figure out soon enough, so I just manually fixed it every time I used the "blog … [Read more...]

First the Supreme Court grants immunity to medical device makers and now the USDA is considering the option of holding back the names of retailers in future meat recalls. (CLICK HERE FOR A MORE RECENT UPDATE ON THIS ISSUE) Had this rule been in place last month, consumers would not have been made aware of which supermarkets were selling meat from … [Read more...]