Witness Testimony
Mr. Jerry Rayman
Vice President of Sales PAL Labs 10655 NW 29th Terrace
Miami, FL, 33172
Parents Be Aware: Health Concerns about Dietary Supplements for Overweight Children.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
June 16, 2004
10:00 AM
I have been a Vice President of Domestic Sales and Marketing at PAL
Laboratories, Inc. (APAL@) since 2001.
Some time in September 2002, Edita Kaye contacted me in order to discuss a
possible proposed formulation for a dietary supplement directed at obese
children. In mid- to late October 2002, I asked Jose Diaz de la Rocha, PAL=s
Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Control, to prepare a formulation for
the proposed dietary supplement. Mr. de la Rocha prepared a formulation for a
proposed product that was to be for children 12 years of age and older.
I was the only agent or employee of PAL that discussed the formulations for
the Skinny Pill for Kids with Ms. Kaye. On or about November 6, 2002, I informed
Mr. de la Rocha that Ms. Kaye had rejected our formulations and had requested
that we draft a formulation for a dietary supplement intended for children six
years of age and older. She specifically requested a diuretic be added to the
formula. Edita Kay=s e- mail dated November 7, 2002 confirms her rejection of
previous formulations and that she wanted a product for children 6 and up. Edita
Kay approved the product formulated on December 6, 2002. At this point, PAL had
never produced AThe Skinny Pill for Kids@. Moreover, PAL then decided it would
not produce this product.
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