Red Cross fined for breaking (blood) safety laws

[donsu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060909/ap_on_go_ot/red_cross_blood;_ylt=AvsVYwfjjzLJMdPoWiT9QJms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OTB1amhuBHNlYwNtdHM-

The American Red Cross said money it makes selling blood will help cover the latest in a series of multimillion-dollar government fines.

The Food and Drug Administration ordered the Red Cross on Friday to pay $4.2 million for violating blood-safety laws. The record fine is on top of $5.7 million the Red Cross already has been assessed by the FDA since a court settlement reached in 2003.

The latest fine is for violations that include failing to reject donors who had traveled to malarial areas and allowing blood and related products to be distributed without proper testing, said Margaret Glavin, the FDA's associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.

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Red Cross spokesman Ryland Dodge said it will not use donated money to pay the fine, but instead will rely on operating funds, including revenue from the sale of blood products.
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yeah, right

[pooja]

1. Doesn't anyone see the fraud here.... Red Cross gets fined by the FDA

So, the Red Cross is just transferring donations to the FDA, so the FDA can turn around and pay pharmaceutical companies for "reasearch".... Stop donating to the Red Cross... If you want to help someone your 2 hands are better than feeding the Red Cross.

[AndreaCG]

2. Meanwhile they won't take my blood

Because 26 years ago I spent a semester of college in London and they are afraid I may be a mad cow disease carrier. You read that right, 26 years ago. And I was a vegetarian then too so even more unlikely to be harboring mad cow disease.