Study Finds Much of Private-Sector Consumer Medication Information Not Consistently Useful
Posted on | December 16, 2008 | No Comments
A study released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that the printed consumer medication information (CMI) voluntarily provided with new prescriptions by retail pharmacies does not consistently provide easy-to-read, understandable information about the use and risks of medications.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Announces Class I Recalls of Two Unapproved Devices
Posted on | December 15, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a Class 1 recall today for two unapproved and uncleared devices whose manufacturers claimed could treat various medical conditions. A Class 1 recall means that there is a reasonable probability that the use of a device will cause adverse health consequences or death.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Warns Consumers and Retailers of Botulism Risk from Ungutted, Salt-Cured Alewives (Gaspereaux) Fish
Posted on | December 12, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning retailers and food service operators not to offer for sale ungutted, salt-cured alewives (also called gaspereaux fish) from Michel and Charles LeBlanc Fisheries Ltd., CAP-PELE, New Brunswick, Canada, because the fish may contain the Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) toxin. Consumers should not consume the product.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Requires New Safety Measures for Oral Sodium Phosphate Products to Reduce Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
Posted on | December 11, 2008 | No Comments
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will add a Boxed Warning to the prescription oral sodium phosphate products Visicol and OsmoPrep to warn consumers about the risk of acute phosphate nephropathy (a type of acute kidney injury). Patients routinely take OSP products to cleanse the bowel before a colonoscopy (colon examination) and other medical procedures.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Education Program Wins Award
Posted on | December 9, 2008 | No Comments
'FDA Patient Safety News,' the FDA's monthly video series for health care professionals, has won the Cheers Award from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) for efforts to improve the safe use of medical products and prevent medical errors.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Announces Permanent Injunction Against Wilderness Family Naturals LLC
Posted on | December 9, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that Wilderness Family Naturals LLC of Silver Bay, Minn., and its owners have signed a consent decree that prohibits them from manufacturing and distributing any products with unapproved claims that the products cure, treat, mitigate or prevent diseases.Category: Uncategorized
FDA, EPA and USDA Conclude That Accidental Release of Genetically Engineered Cotton Poses No Safety Risk to Humans or Animals
Posted on | December 3, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. government announced today that there is no food or feed safety concern from an incident in which a small portion of an unauthorized genetically engineered (GE) cotton variety was harvested along with commercially available GE cotton.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Announces Participants of Pilot Program for Third-Party Certification of Imported Aquacultured Shrimp
Posted on | December 3, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the participants in Phase II of its pilot program for voluntary third-party certification programs for imported aquacultured shrimp.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Teams With WebMD For New Online Consumer Health Information
Posted on | December 3, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and WebMD today announced a collaboration that expands consumers' access to the agency's timely and reliable important health information. This joint effort reflects the FDA's emphasis on using innovative, technology-based strategies to carry out its foremost mission, which is to promote and to protect the public health.Category: Uncategorized
FDA Reports Significant Progress in Protecting the Food Supply
Posted on | December 1, 2008 | No Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released a report on its implementation of the Food Protection Plan that was launched a year ago to protect both domestic and imported food from accidental and intentional contamination. The Plan, which outlines strategies for prevention, intervention and response, is designed to address food safety and food defense for both domestic and imported products and covers the full lifecycle of food, by encouraging the building of safety into every step of the food supply chain.Category: Uncategorized
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