A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass. , Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen _ the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass. , Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen _ the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications.

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  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Office of Compliance of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Division Director Michael Levy testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Jesse Goodman testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Goodman testified on 'The Administration's Flu Vaccine Program: Health, Safety, and Distribution.'
  4. Michael Levy, director of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) division of new drugs and labeling compliance, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on dietary supplements.
  5. Tilapia fish gather at a viewing window in their holding tank at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine labs in Laurel, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  6. Staff walk among the new buildings at the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  7. Plants are lined up to be planted among new buildings at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  8. A high resolution digital scan shows the cell-level detail of a rat's kidney during a tour of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  9. A high-magnification microscope is shown during a tour of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  10. A digital scan of a rat kidney is shown on a screen at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  11. A rat genome gene chip is shown to the media by Karol Thompson, Lead Pharmacologist in the Molecular Toxicology lab at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009. Watching on is biologist Barry Rosenzweig.
  12. An illustration of a kidney and samples are shown in the Investigational Pathology lab at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  13. Rodney Rouse, Veterinary Medical Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shows a chart of biology scans to science industry writers at the FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  14. Jun Zhang, Toxicologic Pathologist/Pharmacologist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speaks to the media alongside a digital scan of a kidney during a tour of the FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  15. A slide of rat kidneys are prepared for digital scanning for medical analysis at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  16. A rat genome gene chip is shown in the Molecular Toxicology lab at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.

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