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    FDA: ?Bad Ad Program? to Help Health Care Providers Detect, Report Misleading Drug Ad

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched a program designed to educate health care providers about their role in ensuring that prescription drug advertising and promotion is truthful, and not misleading. More...
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    Federal and State Officials Confirm Link Between Bagged Romaine Lettuce and E. coli O

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its state health partners have confirmed that the strain of E. coli O145 detected by the New York State Public Health Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, in Albany, in an unopened bag of shredded...
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    FDA Approves New Combination Product Oral Contraceptive

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Natazia, a combination hormonal tablet for use as an oral contraceptive. More...
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    FDA Supports Freshway Foods Voluntary Recall

    Today, Freshway Foods, in Sidney, Ohio, announced a voluntary recall of certain romaine lettuce products because of the possible connection between the recalled romaine lettuce and an outbreak of foodborne disease www.freshwayfoods.com. FDA supports this action by Freshway Foods. The...
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    FDA Issues Statement on Baxter?s Recall of Colleague Infusion Pumps

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp. on April 30 ordering the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (Colleague pumps) currently in use in the United States. This action is based on a longstanding failure to correct...
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    FDA Conducting Safety Review of Commonly Used Prostate Cancer Drugs

    Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) agonists, a class of medications primarily used to treat men with prostate cancer, have been associated with a small increased risk for diabetes, heart attack, stroke, and sudden death in men treated with one of the medications, according to a preliminary...
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    Longmont Man Sentenced for Removing and Replacing Labels on Gatorade Bottles

    Longmont Man Sentenced for Removing and Replacing Labels on Gatorade Bottles More...
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    FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Vita Breath Dietary Supplement

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase nor consume Vita Breath, a dietary supplement manufactured by American Herbal Lab Inc. of Rosemead, Calif., and marketed at health fairs and on the Internet, because the product may contain hazardous levels of lead. More...
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    McNeil Recalls Infant and Children?s Liquid Products Including Tylenol and Motrin

    McNeil Recalls Infant and Children?s Liquid Products Including Tylenol and Motrin More...
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    FDA Approves Chagas Disease Screening Test for Blood, Tissue and Organ Donors

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a second test to screen blood, tissue and organ donors for a blood-borne parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) that causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection. More...
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    FDA Takes Steps to Increase Safety of Foods During Transport

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking commercial food transporters to follow new guidance the agency is issuing today to reduce the chances of physical, chemical, biological and other risks during transportation of foods while the agency reviews current food safety transportation...
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    FDA Offers Consumer Tips about Shopping at the Store on FoodSafety.gov

    This week?s FoodSafety.gov blog provides consumers with seven tips for avoiding foodborne illnesses when buying food. More...
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    FDA Approves a Cellular Immunotherapy for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Provenge (sipuleucel-T), a new therapy for certain men with advanced prostate cancer that uses their own immune system to fight the disease. More...
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    FDA Urges Industry to Take Additional Steps to Prevent Cargo Theft

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today sent a letter to companies and a wide range of other key stakeholders detailing the agency?s concern over cargo and warehouse thefts of FDA-regulated products. More...
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    FDA Seeks Comment, Information, Data on Front-of-Package Labeling and Shelf-Tag Symbo

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today asked for comments and information from the public and other interested parties about front-of-package nutrition labeling and on shelf tags in retail stores. More...
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