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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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