The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first ultrasound device for use in combination with a standard mammography in women with dense breast tissue who have a negative mammogram and no symptoms of breast cancer.
FDA issues Safety Alert on Intestinomicina, drug product marketed as treatment for infectious diarrhea
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use Intestinomicina, a drug product manufactured in El Salvador and marketed as a treatment for infectious diarrhea and acute gastrointestinal infections. Consumers who have purchased this product should immediately stop taking it and consult with a health care provider.
FreshLine / Caito Foods Service Recalls Limited Quantity of Expired Fresh-Cut Mango Products Due to Possible Health Risk – This Recall is Associated with FoodSource’s recall of Mangoes Sourced from Agricola Daniella
In cooperation with the FDA’s warning to not consume mangoes from Agricola Daniella, FreshLine / Caito Foods Service of Indianapolis, Indiana, is initiating a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of expired products that contain fresh-cut mangoes and are distributed to retail supermarkets due to the potential risk that the mangoes may contain Salmonella. This is associated with FoodSource’s (Edinburg, TX) recall of mangoes sourced from Agricola Daniella.
United Salad Co. Initiates Voluntary Recall of Products that Contains Mangoes
United Salad Co. is initiating a voluntary, precautionary recall on various products it distributes to retail supermarkets that contain Mangoes associated with the Food Source Tomorrow’s Tropical recall with the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Peterson Company Recalls Ricotta Salata Frescolina Brand Cheese for Possible Health Risk in 2 states
Peterson Company is recalling Ricotta Salata Frescolina brand cheese that came from its supplier Forever Cheese of Long Island City, NY. Forever Cheese recalled this cheese product due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
Body Basics Inc. Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of ACTRA-Sx 500 Capsules, Lot 008-A, due to Potential Health Risks
Body Basics Inc. announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of ACTRA-Sx 500 Dietary Supplement Capsules, Lot 008-A, Expiration December 2013. The Company, through independent lab analysis has confirmed the presence of Sildenafil Citrate making this product unapproved new drugs.
FDA warns consumers against eating mangoes from Agricola Daniella of Mexico
The FDA is warning consumers against eating mangoes from Agricola Daniella, a mango supplier with multiple plantations and a single packing house located in Sinaloa, Mexico. Testing by the FDA has found Salmonella in mangoes from this producer.
Cut Fruit Express, Inc. Announces a Voluntary Recall of Fresh Cut Fruit Products Containing Cantaloupe Because of Possible Health Risk
Cut Fruit Express, Inc. of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota is voluntarily recalling, out of an abundance of caution, packaged fruit products containing cantaloupes, distributed through September 5th, 2012, with Use-by Dates as listed below, since they contain cantaloupe which have been recalled by supplier DFI Marketing Inc., due to potential contamination with Salmonella.
University Creamery Recalling Ice Cream
Erring on the side of caution and safety for the consuming public,
the University Creamery at Penn State is voluntarily recalling all ice cream and frozen yogurt
made between May 16, 2012 and August 11, 2012 because of isolated incidents involving reports
of small plastic foreign objects in the product. The recalled ice cream was manufactured and
sold from the Berkey Creamery on the University Park campus of Penn State and also was
available for purchase on the internet from the Creamery’s web site.
Dfi Marketing Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Cantaloupe Because of the Possibility of Salmonella
DFI Marketing Inc. of Fresno, CA is voluntarily recalling cantaloupe because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella was found on a single sample of cantaloupe during routine testing conducted at a wholesale produce distribution center (terminal market) as part of a USDA testing program.