{"product_id":"food-and-drug-administration-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781287199922","title":"Food and Drug Administration: Six Former HHS Employees' Involvement in Aspartame's Approval: HRD-86-109BR","description":"In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) process for approving the artificial sweetener aspartame. GAO obtained information on six former Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees, specifically: (1) their contacts with the product's manufacturer while employed by HHS and with FDA after they left their government positions; and (2) their involvement in the FDA aspartame approval process. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) all but one of the employees were involved in the approval of aspartame and four had contacts with the product's manufacturer before they left HHS; (2) all six employees had contacts with FDA after they left it; and (3) aspartame matters discussed between the former HHS employees and FDA were permissible. GAO believes that the four HHS employees who had contact with the product's manufacturer did so as part of their government duties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1287199925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781287199922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.05d","brand":"U. S. Government Accountability Office (","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48872988475647,"sku":"9781287199922","price":14.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-and-drug-administration-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781287199922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}