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Articles in April, 1995 issue of FDA Consumer

• Juice adulterator gets longest sentence - Sun Up Foods Inc. Pres James V. Mays receives eight-year, eight-month sentence, $100,000 fine and probation after prison release - Brief Article
• Food label changes eating habits - results of a survey shows that people improved their eating habits because of information supplied on the new label - Brief Article
• Estrogen: friend or foe? - includes related article
  by Marilynn Larkin
• Possible defects in pacemaker leads - Telectronics Pacing Systems Accufix atrial "J" lead wires models 330-801, 329-701 - Brief Article
• Today Sponge discontinued - Whitehall-Robins Healthcare decides to end production of over-the-counter contraceptive device for women due to manufacturing difficulties - Brief Article
• Warding off HIV wasting syndrome - includes related dietary tips - Cover Story
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• Drug manufacturer enjoined - Biocraft Laboratories Inc. ordered to stop making products
  by John Henkel
• Hearing aid manufacturer pays civil penalty - Beltone Electronics Corp., disciplined for false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, pays $825,000 fine - Brief Article
• Genetic engineering: fast forwarding to future foods - includes related article on genetically-engineered tomatoes
  by John Henkel
• Businessman sentenced for impeding investigation
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• Drug approved to treat alcoholism - use of Revia approved by the Food and Drug Administration - Brief Article
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• Progress in blood supply safety - includes related article about testing blood
  by Monica Revelle
• Drug firm OK'd for some operations - Consolidated Midland Corp
  by Isadora B. Stehlin
• FDA begins inspections of mammography facilities - fulfillment of Mammography Quality Standards Act provisions - Brief Article
• Psoriasis treatments: relieving that miserable itch - includes related article on drug side effects
  by Eleanor Mayfield
• Night-vision equipment detained
  by Marian Segal