Bush Forms Cabinet Committee to Study Safety of U.S. Imports
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A new Cabinet committee, to be known as the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety, will monitor U.S. imports to minimize danger and improve safety.
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Democrats and environmental groups on Monday expressed hope that changes in the Bush administration Cabinet could moderate a White House plan to open some 60 million acres of federal forests to logging.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Just a week before George W. Bush arrives in Ottawa, the federal government is warning of a possible trade war with the United States.
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President Bush said Wednesday that pressure is building in Congress to allow lower-priced drugs to be imported from Canada and elsewhere but that it's still unclear whether it would be safe.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the industry's largest trade group, plans to unveil on Tuesday a proposal to increase U.S. federal oversight of imported food and ingredients, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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The Bush administration proposed on  Monday a 24 percent increase in funding for the Food and Drug  Administration office that monitors the safety of drugs after  they hit the market.
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President Bush, facing growing anger among senior citizens over the high cost of prescription drugs and a virtual revolt by some states, conceded on Wednesday it "makes sense" for Americans to be able to import cheaper medicines as long as they are safe.
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WASHINGTON The Bush administration has agreed to consider a petition from a coalition of textile manufacturers, along with the union representing their workers, asking that the federal government limit imports from China next year, an action that could
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A Bush administration task force recommended strongly Tuesday against letting US citizens import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying &quot;it
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President Bush said Monday he will nominate Lester M. Crawford to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, filling a position that has been vacant for nearly a year amid rising concerns about the safety of drugs on the market.
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The Bush administration said Friday it would comply with a World Trade Organization that penalizes some U.S. exports even as it tries to get Congress to change the law that prompted the sanctions.
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A manufacturing trade association executive is President Bush's pick to be chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Democrats and consumer advocates on Thursday voiced concern that the nominee would be too beholden to business interests.
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President Bush dangled his support for legalizing prescription drug imports before voters during this year&#39;s campaign, but his administration declared Tuesday it&#39;s too costly to do safely.
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WASHINGTON -- A day after claiming a second term, President George W. Bush is meeting with his Cabinet to discuss efforts to implement his most important domestic objectives.
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A House of Representatives subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant to bolster the Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel's chairman said in a letter released on Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration came under withering criticism by a House panel yesterday for its handling of recent food-safety violations, and the Bush administration later disclosed plans to establish a working group to review the safety of food and other imports.
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Although the step coincides with concern about tainted imports from China, the White House insisted that the safety effort was not aimed at that country.