Ephedra: Who is Protecting American Consumers?

Date: October 8, 2002
Time: 10:00am
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses

Panel I

Kevin and Debbie

Riggins

Panel I

Charles

Fricke

Logan County Coroner

Lincoln

Panel II

Lanny

Davis, Esq.

Counsel

Panel II

David W.

Brown

President and Chief Executive Officer

Metabolife International Inc.

Panel II

J. Howard

Beales, III, Ph.D

Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection

Federal Trade Commission

Panel II

Bill

Jeffrey, LL.B.

National Coordinator, Centre for Science in the Public Interest

Carleton University

Panel II

Ron

Davis, M.D.

Board of Trustees

American Medical Association

Panel II

Sydney M.

Wolfe, M.D.

Director

Health Research Group, Public Citizen

Panel II

Frank D.

Uryasz

Director

National Center for Drug-Free Sport

Panel III

The Honorable

Lester M.

Crawford, DVM, Ph.D

Acting Commissioner

U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services