Personal Injury Law

FDA Commissioner Nominee Faces Confirmation Hearing

By Kenneth Odza

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, President Barack Obama's nominee to oversee the Food and Drug Administration, is appearing before a U.S. Senate committee this afternoon regarding her nomination. The confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee began at 2:00 p.m. ET. Streaming video is available here.

The Associated Press is reporting that, if confirmed, one of Hamburg's first tasks will be overseeing development of a vaccine for the H1N1 influenza virus. In Hamburg's opening remarks to the Senate committee that were made available to reporters earlier today, she also noted that food safety will be among her top priorities. 'Important steps must be taken to better protect the nation's food supply from farm to form,' Hamburg said.

Full post as published by Food Liability Law Blog on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).