FDA seeks to halt production, distribution of dietary supplements at NY company

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking an injunction requiring Kabco Pharmaceuticals Inc., and owner Abu Kabir, of Amityville, N.Y., to stop producing and distributing dietary supplements until they comply with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements for dietary supplements.

Westone Laboratories Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of all sizes and packaging configurations of Oto-Ease ear lubricant due to possible microbial contamination.

Westone Laboratories, Inc. is initiating a
voluntary nationwide recall of all sizes and packaging configurations of Oto-Ease® ear
lubricant. The products have been found through a consumer complaint and the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) sample analysis to be potentially contaminated with
pathogenic bacteria and mold.

FDA, UC Davis, Agilent Technologies and CDC to create publicly available food pathogen genome database

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of California, Davis, Agilent Technologies Inc., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today a collaboration to create a public database of 100,000 foodborne pathogen genomes to help speed identification of bacteria responsible for foodborne outbreaks.