U.S. Marshals, acting under a court order sought by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized all dental devices from Rite-Dent Manufacturing Corporation, located in Hialeah, Fla. (DSK)
Category Archives: Food Safety News
FDA limits acetaminophen in prescription combination products; requires liver toxicity warnings
Agency strategy caps maximum at 325 milligrams to reduce risk of liver toxicity.
FDA inspects retailers in Miss.; issues warning letters for illegal tobacco sales to minors
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it is issuing its first warning letters to retailers for the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors in violation of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act). Using state inspectors who have been commissioned by the agency, the FDA visited 493 different retail establishments in Mississippi over the past three months and issued 25 warnings.
FDA warns public of continued extortion scam by FDA impersonators
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as FDA special agents and other law enforcement personnel as part of a continued international extortion scam.
FDA approves opioid analgesic to help cancer patients manage pain
Enrollment in REMS program required for health care professionals
FDA to require substantial equivalence reviews for new tobacco products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that any tobacco product introduced or changed after Feb. 15, 2007 must be reviewed by the agency. In FDA guidance published today, the agency outlines a pathway for marketing a product whereby the company marketing the product must prove that it is “substantially equivalent” to products commercially available on Feb. 15, 2007.
FDA launches website to help regulated industries save time, resources
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today introduced a new Web resource called FDA Basics for Industry (www.fda.gov/FDABasicsforIndustry) to help companies and others save time and resources in their interactions with the agency.
Boncheff Greenhouses, Inc. Recalls For Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Budwey Markets, Wades Market, Cuba Giant Food Market, And Hegedorn’s Cilantro, Curly Parsley, And Italian Parsley Because Of A Possible Health Risk.
Boncheff Greenhouses, Inc. of Toronto, Ontario is issuing a voluntary recall on Cilantro, Curly Parsley, and Italian Parsley, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
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FDA warns consumers not to use Fruta Planta weight loss products
• PRock Marketing LLC, of Kissimmee, Fla., is recalling all lots of Fruta Planta and Reduce Weight Fruta Planta. This is a single product marketed under two brand names.
FDA: Don’t Eat Tiny Greens Brand Alfalfa Sprouts or Spicy Sprouts
• The FDA is advising consumers not to eat Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts (which contain alfalfa sprouts mixed with radish and clover sprouts) from Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, Ill. The sprouts were distributed in 4 oz. and 5 lb. containers to various customers, including farmers’ markets, restaurants and groceries, in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and possibly other Midwestern states.
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