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Food and Drug Administration stories: 39 news summaries

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(Newser) - You might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold in 31 US restaurants was the prized—and... More »

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endangered species • FDA • restaurant • delicacy • seafood • dining • sushi • Food and Drug Administration • overfishing • bluefin tuna • truth in advertising • DNA barcoding

FDA Demands Safety Data on Energy Drinks With Alcohol

Companies have 30 days to comply

Nov 13, 09 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has taken action against companies that make alcoholic energy drinks, giving the firms 30 days to provide evidence to support their claim that caffeine and booze are a safe combination. A group of concerned scientists have said there is no evidence to support the claim that the drinks... More »

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FDA • alcohol • caffeine • energy drink • Smirnoff • Diageo • MillerCoors • Anheuser-Busch • Food and Drug Administration • Constellation Brands • Wide Eye

FDA Ignored Data on Risky MRI Dye

Failed to single out role of GE dye, Omniscan,
in onset of disease

Oct 16, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In May 2006, Danish medical regulators came to GE with troubling findings. Twenty-five patients with weak kidneys had developed NSF, a rare and sometimes fatal disease, after undergoing MRIs, and all 25 had been injected with GE’s Omniscan dye. Since then, the GE dye, along with other so-called “... More »

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FDA • General Electric • MRI • Food and Drug Administration • medical technology • Omniscan

OPINION

 Flavored Cig Ban Is Silly: 
 Kids Don't Smoke Them 

What's more, FDA's claims about teen smoking are preposterous: Chapman

Sep 29, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FDA is all over the map—and all wrong—with its ban on flavored cigarettes, writes Steve Chapman. The agency touts the move against the “gateway” tobacco products, saying it will break the cycle of addiction “for the more than 3,600 young people who start smoking... More »

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FDA • tobacco • addiction • ban • teenager • Food and Drug Administration • teen smoking • flavored cigarettes

 US Ban on Flavored 
 Cigarettes Kicks In 

FDA measure aimed at curbing 'gateway' brands that get teens hooked

Sep 22, 09 7:22 PM CDT
(AP) - The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect today, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco. The ban on manufacturing, importing, marketing and distribution includes candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes, which health authorities say are more appealing to... More »

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smoking • ban • Food and Drug Administration • teen smoking • flavored cigarettes

(Newser) - The hysteria over the swine flu pandemic has spawned its share of magic cures, and health authorities are busy combating the snake oil salesmen, the Financial Times reports. Nearly half of the warning letters sent by the FDA to manufacturers and retailers since May have been issued to those... More »

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FDA • United States • false advertising • Food and Drug Administration • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus • snake oil

(Newser) - An outside panel reporting to the Food and Drug Administration recommended today that the maximum daily dosage of Tylenol be reduced and the Extra Strength variety of the painkiller be available only by prescription, Bloomberg reports. The panel of advisers, whose suggestions are nonbinding, noted acetaminophen’s effect on the... More »

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drug companies • Vicodin • painkiller • liver • ibuprofen • Food and Drug Administration • Advil • Tylenol • acetaminophen • Percocet • women's issues

(AP) - President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the strongest-ever US anti-smoking bill today and praised it for providing needed protections for future generations. "It is a law that will save American lives," Obama said.... More »

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Congress • FDA • tobacco • legislation • nicotine • cigarette • Food and Drug Administration • anti-smoking • President Obama

(AP) - Nestle is voluntarily recalling Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The FDA and CDC are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related, the company said. Sixty-six reports of illness in 28 states have come... More »

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E. coli • FDA • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Nestle • cookies • Food and Drug Administration • toll house cookies • cookie dough

(Newser) - President Obama praised the passage of a bill allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco products as “a long time coming," the Hill reports. The legislation, which sailed through the House this morning, grants the agency new power to regulate tobacco ingredients and marketing. "After a decade of... More »

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Barack Obama • health care costs • advertising • marketing • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • regulation • Food and Drug Administration

 Senate Poised to Pass
 Tough New Tobacco Law

Bill will give FDA authority to regulate marketing, content of tobacco products

Jun 9, 09 2:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate is expected this week to pass sweeping new legislation to regulate tobacco, reports USA Today. The bill, which may go to a vote as soon as today, gives the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco and will require larger health warnings on packets, end the use of claims... More »

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FDA • Senate • smoking • tobacco • cigarette • Food and Drug Administration • anti-smoking

(Newser) - The FDA has a message for Cheerios: You're a cereal, not a wonder drug. The agency says General Mills must tone down its health claims or risk having its product yanked off shelves, the New York Daily News reports. The cereal box makes all sorts of claims about lowering... More »

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FDA • cholesterol • General Mills • Food and Drug Administration • Cheerios • breakfast cereal

(Newser) - Botox will now carry the Food and Drug Administration’s strictest warning for pharmaceuticals after the agency raised concerns over the risk of botulism last year, Bloomberg reports. The approval of a rival botulinum toxin for cosmetic purposes prompted the review. The toxin can cause muscle weakness and breathing difficulty,... More »

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FDA • botulism • toxin • Botox • Food and Drug Administration • botulinum • neurotoxin • Allergan

INTERVIEW

 Why Our Brains Want 
 What's Bad for Us 


Apr 30, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Food and Drug Administration chief David Kessler thinks Americans are victims of “conditioned hyper-eating,” and he’s written a book about it: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. The Wall Street Journal poked him for some answers about how food can “... More »

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obesity • FDA • fat • fast food industry • sugar • overeating • salt • Food and Drug Administration • David Kessler

Longer-Lasting Botox Rival Nears US Approval

Reloxin's makers claim it lasts longer

Apr 2, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a 7-year run as the only show in town, Botox could soon face some competition. Awaiting FDA approval, Reloxin—the US version of a French product called Dysport—is being marketed as a quicker and longer-lasting treatment for botulinum toxin fans. But doctors themselves are confused about what differences,... More »

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cosmetic surgery • Botox • pharmaceutical • Food and Drug Administration • Dysport • Reloxin

 Salmonella Triggers Pistachio Recall 

Huge pistachio recall issued after salmonella found at processor

Mar 31, 09 3:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers have been warned to steer clear of pistachios and any product containing them until the FDA probes the extent of salmonella contamination, reports WebMD. A million pounds of possibly tainted pistachios from a California processor have been recalled and authorities expect that more recalls will follow. Affected products range... More »

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FDA • food contamination • recall • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • pistachios

Ex-NYC Health Chief Picked
to Head FDA

Bioterror expert tapped for tough task of reforming agency

Mar 12, 09 2:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bioterror expert and former New York City health commissioner Margaret Hamburg has been picked to head the FDA, insiders tell the Washington Post. Hamburg—who still must be confirmed by Congress—will be taking charge of an agency shaken by a series of high-profile failures that many lawmakers say is... More »

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Barack Obama • FDA • Food and Drug Administration • Obama administration • President Obama • Margaret Hamburg

Peanut Corp Lied, Sold
to Retailers

Reversal means salmonella recall
might have to expand

Feb 10, 09 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The Peanut Corporation of America, whose plant in Georgia is the sole source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak, has admitted selling peanut products directly to retailers, primarily dollar stores. The reversal of the company’s earlier claim that it sold only to institutions means the recall of almost 1,800... More »

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Department of Justice • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Salmonella Outbreak Bares Lethal Flaws in Oversight

Preplanned inspections, loose oversight kept company in business

Feb 9, 09 1:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Angry salmonella victims and their families are asking how the government missed the Peanut Corporation of America's flagrant health violations that killed eight people, reports the New York Times. The company and government inspectors overlooked rodents, leaky roofs and lukewarm roasters, while minimum-wage temporary workers paid little attention to health... More »

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FDA • food safety • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • health code • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

INVESTIGATION

 Honey Packers Fail to 
 Report Tainted Imports 

Companies often simply send honey back to importer

Jan 29, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - US honey packers often don’t tell authorities about imports contaminated with banned antibiotics or other chemicals, and instead simply send the products back, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports after a lengthy investigation. Importers can then get the tainted honey into the American market through another packer, as two Chicago businessmen... More »

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food contamination • antibiotics • food safety • honey • imported food • Food and Drug Administration • Chinese exports

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