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Press Releases Consumer health endangered by MPI Research - USDA, FDA complaints filed FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Attention: Daybook/News Desk Consumer health endangered by MPI Research, charges watchdog group
after whistleblower goes public; USDA, FDA complaints filed KALAMAZOO -- The safety of drugs sold to consumers is being
questioned here after a whistleblower at MPI Research Laboratory in
Mattawan disclosed the lab has manipulated testing results to allow
drugs and other products to reach the market, according to a national
research watchdog organization. A major news conference to release the whistleblower statement about
MPI will be held Monday, Oct. 15, at 10:15 a.m. at the Staybridge Suites
Hotel (2001 Seneca Drive, Kalamazoo Room). SAEN, an Ohio-based non-profit group that investigates research
laboratory abuse, said a 2-page statement from an internal
whistleblower; who will remain anonymous because of fear of reprisal;
discloses conditions within MPI that endanger human health and violate
federal animal protection legislation. According to the whistleblower, MPI test results are falsified to
allow potentially unsafe drugs and other products to reach the consumer
market. Illnesses in primates are ignored until they reach near death, so
that chemical side-effects can be minimized in safety testing. "MPI Research is endangering the safety of the American public as
well as torturing animals needlessly," said Michael Budkie, A.H.T.,
SAEN's Executive Director. "This laboratory should be severely penalized
by both the USDA and the FDA." He said SAEN has filed official complaints against MPI with both the
United States Department of Agriculture/Animal & Plant Inspection
Service as well as the Food and Drug Administration. The full text of the whistleblower's statement, along with the
Official Complaints will be available at the news conference. -30-
See Facility Reports and Information: M
P I Research, L.L.C., Mattawan, MI
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