Scentsational Hand Sanitizer is Recalled for Methanol Contamination
FDA takes more hand sanitizers off the market.
FDA Violations
Soho Fresh Line is Recalled Due to Methanol Contamination
Essaar voluntarily withdrawals rubbing alcohol for containing methanol.
Medtronic Heart Pump Recalled After Fatalities Reported
FDA recalls heart device again after patients die.
FDA Bans Lead as a Hair Dye Ingredient After Petitioned
FDA Bans Lead as a Hair Dye Ingredient After Petitioning
E-Cig Makers have Sixty Days to Keep Products from Teenagers
E-Cig Makers have Sixty Days to Keep Products from Children
Makers of e-Cigs, Liquid Vapes Potentially Targeting Children Pull Products
Makers of e-Cigs, Liquid Vapes Potentially Targeting Children Pull Products
FDA Warns Common Diabetic Drugs Can Cause Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection
Some popular Type 2 diabetes drugs could have a deadly side-effect, warns the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They have been linked with Fournier’s gangrene, a flesh-eating bacterial infection of the genital area. Twelve patients are known to have developed the condition, and there may be even more, the agency noted. All were hospitalized and
FDA Recalls and U.S. Food Supply Safety
The Food Safety Modernization Act became law in 2011, but did it help the FDA improve our food supply safety? A House subcommittee asked, the FDA answered.
Massachusetts Hospitals Cited for Failing to Report Deaths
A recent report released by the FDA indicates over a dozen hospitals nationwide, including three in Massachusetts alone, have been cited for failing to report patient injuries and deaths due to faulty medical devices. The FDA inspected 17 hospitals over a two-year period as part of an improved attempt to ensure problems such as these
UPDATE: Trumping the Safety of our Food
Remember that time when Stewart Parnell, who ran the Peanut Corporation of America, knew about the salmonella bacteria contaminating his filthy factory’s peanut butter and covered it up, telling his workers to “just ship it” anyway? The infected peanut butter, prosecutors alleged, killed nine people and sickened thousands. As a result, Parnell is now in