Consumer groups despair that even if the amount of trans fatty acids is added to nutrition labels after nearly a decade of delay, it may not say enough. How should food manufacturers and retailers respond if there is agreement that trans fat should not be part of any consumer’s diet?

A final rule requiring that the amount of trans fat be listed on food labels could be completed by this fall or early next spring. How will the FDA’s ruling impact product formulation and the items that appear on food store shelves?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration would be given the authority to regulate tobacco products under legislation introduced by Democratic Senators Kennedy, DeWine and Durbin. Should the FDA be responsible for regulating tobacco products? What do you think would happen if the FDA were given this authority?

The FDA has found nicotine lollipops and lip balm to be illegal based on the fact that they are are promoted by Internet pharmacists as aids for smoking cessation or as treatment for nicotine addiction. How long will it be before a pharmaceutical company introduces smoking cessation lollipops to the market?

Hundreds of independent druggists across the U.S. are producing new smoking cessation products outside of the umbrella of the FDA, and sales of these items, in the form of flavored lollipops, are on fire. Should smoking cessation lollipops developed by licensed pharmacists have to be approved by the FDA before they can be sold?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer advisory linking use of kava to liver toxicity just a month after an U.S. herbal supplement industry review declared herb safe. How should herbal products/natural remedies be regulated by the government?

Efforts of at least two states to make their own decisions about genetically-modified fish, in addition to Aqua Bounty Farms Inc.’s 1996 application for FDA approval, have brought the “Frankenfish” debate to a head. What are your views on the need for genetically altered fish, seafood and other agricultural species?