H.R.759 - Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009 Sponsor: John Dingell / 111th Congress

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111th Congress - To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in the global market, and for other purposes. hidemore...
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in the global market, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Safety of imported drugs by Karen Chung, Mar 13, 2009 (6:46pm)

The FDA Globalization Act would create a registry of all food, drug, and device facilities serving Americans, require inspection of all facilities every two years, increase fees for these facilities to fund inspections, and empower the FDA to destroy counterfeit products. Opponents of this bill are afraid of that the imposition of fees would lead to the increase of prices of drugs and medical devices, affecting American consumers. Patients who cannot afford these new prices may have to resort to unregulated online pharmacies or give up medicine altogether.

Independent soap and cosmetics businesses are fighting to change certain provisions in the bill that unnecessarily affects them. The FDA Globalization Act would require all cosmetics establishments to submit a statement of ingredients for every cosmetic product. However, independent cosmetics businesses argue that small cosmetics producers produce large varieties of products in small batches, cater to one-time custom orders, and experiment by substituting minor ingredients in their products. According to these businesses, to submit an ingredients list for every single product would be overwhelming and unnecessary—especially because the ingredients they use are already regarded as safe.

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