Cal Dooley, the president of Food Products Association (FPA), has joined former Secretary of...

Cal Dooley, the president of Food Products Association (FPA), has joined former Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tommy Thompson in announcing the formation of the Coalition for a Stronger FDA, a broad-based coalition which will advocate renewed public commitment to the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA). The coalition will build public support and work with the Congress and the Bush Administration to ensure the FDA has sufficient resources to protect patients and consumers and maintain public confidence and trust in the FDA. The broad-based coalition consists of patient groups, consumer advocates and public health organizations and has the support of Thompson as well as former HHS secretaries Donna E. Shalala and Louis Sullivan. Dooley is also CEO-elect of the GMA/FPA, the organization that will be created by the merger of the Food Products Association and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2007.