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Category Archives: Food Safety News
Federal judge enters consent decree against Cantrell Drug Company
Cantrell Drug Company prohibited from manufacturing and distributing sterile drug products in violation of the law
Remarks from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. on Fiscal Year 2019 budget request for FDA
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. remarks to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations on the FDA’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget
FDA approves first therapy for rare inherited form of rickets, x-linked hypophosphatemia
FDA approved Crysvita (burosumab), the first drug approved to treat adults and children ages 1 year and older with x-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), a rare form of rickets.
Statement by Dr. Susan Mayne on FDA efforts to reduce consumer exposure to arsenic in rice
One way FDA oversees food safety is through monitoring of contaminants in food, such as arsenic, assessing potential exposure and taking steps to reduce exposure
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new efforts to enhance and modernize the FDA’s approach to medical device safety and innovation
The FDA is releasing the Medical Device Safety Action Plan that outlines our vision for how FDA can continue to enhance our programs and processes to assure the safety of medical devices
Rose Acre Farms Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Health Risk
Through an abundance of caution Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana is voluntarily recalling 206,749,248 eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Braenderup, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals infected with Salmonella Braenderup can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella Braenderup can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
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La FDA toma medidas para proteger a los consumidores de los suplementos alimenticios que contienen niveles peligrosamente altos de cafeína altamente concentrada o pura
: El día de hoy, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) tomó una medida importante para proteger mejor a los consumidores de los peligros de los productos de cafeína altamente concentrada y pura.
FDA takes step to protect consumers against dietary supplements containing dangerously high levels of extremely concentrated or pure caffeine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took an important step to better protect consumers from the dangers of highly concentrated and pure caffeine products.
FDA finalizes guidances to accelerate the development of reliable, beneficial next generation sequencing-based tests
The FDA today finalized two guidances to drive the efficient development of a novel technology that scans a person’s DNA to diagnose genetic diseases, which are usually hereditary, and guide medical treatments.