FDA takes action against the use of OTC benzocaine teething products due to serious safety risk, lack of benefit

OTC oral health products containing benzocaine for the temporary relief of sore gums due to teething in infants or children should no longer be marketed. FDA is asking companies to stop selling these products for such use and requesting that companies add new warnings to all other benzocaine oral health products to describe certain serious risks.

Golden International Corporation Issues Public Safety Warning For Stolen Tilapia Because of Possible Health Risk

Golden International Corporation of Renton, WA is issuing a public safety notice for 405 cartons of stolen frozen tilapia, because it has 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. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella 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.