Court Rules Vitamin A175 Potency Exceeds Prescription Limits
A New York Court of Appeals panel ruled that the FDA cannot require prescriptions for high potency vitamins A and D. The decision overturns a lower court and supports manufacturers National Nutritional Foods Association and Solgar Co. Inc. in challenging the FDA rule.
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Court of Appeals
Food & Drug Administration
U.S. District Court
Marvin E. Frankel
FDA
National Nutritional Foods Association
Solgar Co., Inc
Popular High School Girl Judy Belfrey Found Slain in Boston
Judy Belfrey a 17 year old Lincoln Sudbury regional high school student was found dead in a Back Bay apartment after reportedly leaving a topless lounge in Boston's Combat Zone. Police and investigators sought a cause of death while noting her participation in an alternate semester program living with Boston families and working at the Children's Museum.
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Judy Belfrey
Lscheal
Children’s Museum
Judy
Boston Back Bay
Robert Hudson
Shirley
Hudson
David Levington
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Cape Cod
Levington
Children's Museum
Sudbury
Charles
Appeals Court Reviews Vitamin A and D Drug Classification
The FDA was challenged over classifying Vitamins A and D as drugs, with judges noting conflicts in labeling and arguing that vitamins sold as dietary supplements are regulated as foods unless the commissioner can distinguish them from food. The panel cited extensive evidence about how vitamins are marketed and regulated by customs and patent appeals.
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T. Markey
Frankel
Arbl
Robert P. Anderson
Thomas J. Meskill
the Appeals Court
Customs
FDA
Howard
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