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On the recordMarch 10, 2004
I want Mrs. Jones to be able to bring a lawsuit because her 8-year-old son was just made brain damaged and is going to die in 3 months because he ate a hamburger that somebody knowingly sold him that came from a downed animal that had mad cow disease. They cannot do that under this act because they are not the government.
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Gary Ackerman
New York

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Discussing the limitations of the FDA act regarding individual lawsuits.

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