Army still backs irradiated bacon for troops despite FDA action
Washington AP reports the Army defends irradiated canned bacon as safe, citing preexisting animal tests and promising to resolve data interpretation. FDA says evidence shows reproductive harm in rats and has begun rescinding its 1986 approval, halting feed in mess halls pending further study.
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Army
Food and Drug Administration
Edward L. Johnson
Food-Irradiation Laboratories
Natick
Mass
Johnson
FDA
Daniel Banes
FDA Commissioner For
Science
Banes
Col. Johnson
Air Force
Tuse
Edward S. Josephison
Natick Laboratories
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Navy awards 13.9 million rocket launcher contract to Alsco unit
The Navy gave Techfab Division of Alsco Inc. a 13.9 million contract to build 2.75 inch rocket launchers for the Navy and Air Force. The firm and its parent have been tied to a federal grand jury probe into kickbacks and conspiracy from 1963 to 1966.
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Air Force
U.S. District Court
Alsco
Techfab
Chromecraft Corp
Justice Department
Andrew L. Stone
Francis N. Rosenbaum
Stone
Rosenbaum
Tech
Fab
St. Louis
Chromecraft
Ingetion
Naval Air Systems Command
Pentagon
Semple Ave
Defense Department
Yechfab
Naming's An Art
A humorous column notes the rise of acronyms for organizations from global agencies to local groups. It imagines forming a new group with the acronym SLOTH for Lazy Or Tired Housewives and invites readers to join.
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AID
Sloth—Society
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