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FDA approves Pfizer drug for carsick dogs
Dogs who get a little green under the fur while traveling will soon have a drug designed to prevent vomiting associated with motion sickness. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it has approved the drug, Cerenia, which is the first to prevent and treat vomiting in dogs. ``Development work for Cerenia was managed out of the Veterinary Medicine Research and Development site in Kalamazoo County,'' Pfizer Inc. spokesman Rick Chambers said, referring to the company's worldwide veterinary-medicine headquarters in Richland Township. That work included clinical studies, drug-safety studies, quality assurance, preparation for regulatory submission and consulting work for manufacturing. Chambers said research-and-development work started at Pfizer sites in Groton, Conn., and in the United Kingdom before Pfizer acquired Pharmacia Corp.
Fast Food Chains Pull Calorie Data
New York diners curious to know how many calories are packed into the hamburger they just bought from White Castle or Wendy's are out of luck. The two popular fast food restaurant chains pulled posters listing calorie counts for menu items from the walls of their New York City restaurants and thus will avoid having to comply with a new mandate approved by the Board of Health that will affect thousands of New York restaurants. The rule, which goes into effect July 1, will require about 10% of city restaurants to post calorie counts beside food items listed on their menus. The measure affects mostly chain and fast food restaurants, but only those providing calorie information to customers on or after March 1. By removing any calorie information from their New York City restaurants before the legislative deadline, Wendy's and White Castle won't be held to the same standard as other fast food restaurants in the city.
Egregious disparities
Someone in a top management position at Winn Dixie in Grand Bahama needs to provide an explanation for the egregious disparities in prices between some goods they sell and the same items at other food outlets. As reported in The Freeport News on Monday, an investigation by this newspaper in response to the public outcry over the high prices of food items at Winn Dixie uncovered some differences of as much as $1 between items sold at Winn Dixie and Kross Town on Settler's Way, a popular convenience store. Generally, the reverse usually is the case, with convenience store prices being slightly higher than the major foodstore chains, but at Winn Dixie a half-gallon of Florida Natural premium orange juice was purchased at the Lucaya store for $5.89, while the same item was obtained from Kross Town for $4.89.
Neville's food bill amended in Senate committee
SANTA FE — A bill originally designed to help businesses that sell bottled water, ice and ground coffee could end up taking a bite out of future city and county budgets. Senate Bill 530 by Steve Neville, R-Aztec, was amended in the Senate Finance Committee to alter the "hold harmless" provisions in a 2004 bill that removed the gross receipts tax from food and medical services. Under that provision, the state Tax and Revenue Department reimburses local governments an amount equal to what they would have received had the tax still existed. The amendment would freeze hold harmless distributions at the tax rate in place on Jan. 1, 2007. Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, who is co-chairman of the Finance Committee, said cities and municipalities have increased their gross receipts tax on other items to hike the reimbursement they receive from the state in the hold harmless money.
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