Hearing before the

Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 ,  10:00 a.m.  
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

“When Diets Turn Deadly: Consumer Safety and Weight-Loss Supplements.”

PANEL I

Janet Heinrich
Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues
General Accounting Office

Joseph A. Levitt, Esq.
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health and Human Services

Michael F. Mangano
Principal Deputy Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services


PANEL II

Cynthia Culmo, R.Ph
Chair for Drugs, Devices & Cosmetics Committee
Association of Food and Drug Officials
Austin , TX

Steven B. Heymsfield, MD
Deputy Director
Obesity Research Center , St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physician’s and Surgeons
New York , NY

Michael McGuffin
President
American Herbal Products Association
Silver Spring , MD

Karen Ruiz
Consumer
 San Clemente , CA