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Category Archives: Food Safety News
FDA Warning Letters issued to four makers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned four companies that the caffeine added to their malt alcoholic beverages is an “unsafe food additive” and said that further action, including seizure of their products, is possible under federal law. (DSK)
FDA approves new treatment option for late-stage breast cancer
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FDA launches initiative to develop innovative external defibrillators
Safety concerns on the devices that treat abnormal heart rhythms also to be addressed. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a program aimed at facilitating the development of safer, more effective external defibrillators used to treat abnormal heart rhythms through improved design and manufacturing practices.
FDA Urges Consumers to be ‘Smart’ about Antibiotic Use
This year, millions of antibiotics will be prescribed. Antibiotics can be used to treat bacterial infections; however, they are commonly over-prescribed. Patients sometimes ask their health care professional to prescribe antibiotic drugs for viral infections, like the common cold, despite the fact that they will not work and may lead to potentially harmful side effects. The misuse of antibiotics has contributed to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems today, antibiotic resistance.
FDA Approves Egrifta to Treat Lipodystrophy in HIV Patients
lipodystrophy
Pharmaceutical Company Lawyer Charged with Obstruction and Making False Statements
Pharmaceutical Company Lawyer Charged with Obstruction and Making False Statements
Voluntary Recall of Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese Due to Health Risk
Bravo Farms is voluntarily recalling all Dutch Style Gouda because it may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
E. coli O157:H7 causes diarrhea illness often with bloody stools. Although most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, some people can develop a form of kidney failure. Young children and the elderly are most susceptible to serious complications and even death.
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FDA: Lot of Mauri Gorgonzola cheese positive for E. coli 0157:H7
• Mauri Gorgonzola cheese with sell-by dates of 01/31/11 and 01/14/11 is being recalled because of a positive test for E. coli 0157:H7. DPI Specialty Foods of Tualatin, Ore., cut, packaged and distributed the cheese to Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) stores in Colorado.
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Kosher First LLC. Issues Alert on Listeria in Tuv Taam Salads Nova Lox Salad
KOSHER FIRST LLC. 502 FLUSHING AVE. is recalling TUV TAAM SALADS NOVA LOX SALAD due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail, or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
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