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Tag result for article published on Mon December 03 2018 5:16 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 updated its blood pressure drug recall list to warn hypertension patients and consumers of another voluntary valsartan blood pressure medication recall. Teva Pharmaceuticals issued another voluntary recall for valsartan combination tablets manufactured by Mylan India, including amlodipine-valsartan combination tablets and amlodipine-valsartan-hydrochlorothiazide combination […]
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Tag result for article published on Wed September 12 2018 6:30 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency will begin cracking down on sales of vaping products to teenagers, and criticized its use among youth as an epidemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a series of critical and historic enforcement actions related to the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to kids. In the […]
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Tag result for article published on Mon October 23 2017 2:30 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
According to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), BrightFarms is initiating a voluntary recall of packaged produce sold in Roundy’s Supermarkets due to the potential presence of E. coli at its Rochelle, Illinois (Ogle County) greenhouse farm. The affected BrightFarms branded products are sold at Mariano’s Markets in Illinois and Metro Market and Pick […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu September 07 2017 3:26 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The Food and Drug Administration has learned of “hundreds of complaints” about the anti-allergy EpiPen device has misfired “during life-threatening emergencies.” In some cases involving misfiring, people later died. EpiPens are used to deliver a dose of the natural human hormone epinephrine to people who are suffering a potentially fatal allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. […]
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Tag result for article published on Wed August 31 2016 10:53 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The maker of Diamond of California® Macadamia Nuts, distributed in retail stores nationwide, due to possible Salmonella contamination. Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall following the result of testing by a FDA-contracted laboratory which revealed that a 4oz package of Diamond of California® Chopped Macadamia Nuts contained Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat May 21 2016 12:15 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Michelle Obama announced Friday that food nutrition labels are getting a makeover. Among the many changes, food labels will have to include the added sugar content. CBSN’s Reena Ninan has the latest. The FDA on Friday May 20, 2016 finalized the new Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect new scientific information, including the […]
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Tag result for article published on Wed August 19 2015 4:35 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports the FDA has approved the drug flibanserin, dubbed “Viagra for women,” to treat sexual dysfunction in premenopausal women. HSDD, unfortunately said fast sound like HSTD, is the acronym for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and refers to a woman’s chronic or ongoing lack of interest in sex, to the point that it […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri November 08 2013 2:07 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The Food and Drug Administration is requiring a gradual phase-out of trans fats in food. The artery-clogging additive is widely considered the worst kind of fat for the heart and can lead to heart attacks and death. The Food and Drug Administration reported Thursday it would require food makers to gradually phase out artificial trans […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat August 03 2013 9:02 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
The FDA says it traced the source of illness to a salad mix supplied by a Mexican company to chain restaurants. People who ate at Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurants in Iowa and Nebraska caught an intestinal illness tied to a rare type of parasite named Cyclospora after eating eating salad mix that came […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers in a Monday night warning not to eat Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts (which contain alfalfa sprouts mixed with radish and clover sprouts) from Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, Illinois because of possible salmonella contamination. The sprouts were distributed in 4 oz. and 5 lb. […]
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