News tagged with 'FDA'

For more than 20 years, the FDA has been urging the drug and agriculture industries to stop using antibiotics in animal feed and water. With antibiotic resistance at epidemic proportions, the agency is giving the public 60 days to comment before it issues new industry guidance.

Salmon that doubles in size may be good for the industry but is it good for you? The FDA is considering the approval of genetically altered fish. And BP station owners say don't blame us- your protests are hurting local businesses, not BP are among the headlines for Monday, June 28.

Better check your shelves for packages of Fruit Loops and Corn Pops after Kellogg's announces a recall of 28 million boxes of cereal for an "off" smell. Five people claim to have been sickened.

Online suppliers are selling Magic Power Coffee that the FDA warns is enhanced with an additional chemical similar to the active ingredient in the prescription drug, Viagra. Consumers are warning not to drink the coffee.

Another drugmaker has found that its products have the same problem that plagued J & J, an unusual musty odor in over-the-counter products. A recall of 52 lots of 500 mg of the diabetes drug, Glumetza, has been initiated.

After the Vioxx scandal, Congress approved a new law that forces the FDA to reveal post-approval safety information on new drugs and vaccines. Information on the first 26 drugs were posted this week.

The news keeps getting worse for Johnson & Johnson and its McNeil Consumer Healthcare division. The company has announced an expanded recall for Benadryl allergy tablets and Extra Strength Tylenol gels. This is a follow-up to a January recall after consumers complained of musty or moldy odors.

Health clubs, schools, first responders, fire departments should all be aware of malfunctions reported in a defibrillator battery pack that is the subject of a most serious Class I recall by the FDA.

The FDA needs to be remade from the bottom up says a new report from the Institute of Medicine, citing lapses in inspections, standards and authority.

Lifesoy Inc. of San Diego has agreed to a permanent injunction to stop operations after the FDA inspectors observed dirty conditions in violation of sanitation rules.

PediaCare cold medications have been recalled because they were produced at the same problematic manufacturing plant as the recently recalled Children's Tylenol products. The FDA says criminal sanctions are being considered against McNeil/Johnson & Johnson.

The popular weight loss drug, Alli, and its prescription cousin, Xenical, will have to carry an additional warning about its potential link to liver damage after 13 cases were reported to the FDA.

The FDA needs mandatory recall authority to deal with problematic manufacturing plants such as the one that makes Children's Tylenol, lawmakers concluded at a hearing Thursday. A J & J executive told lawmakers that six key personnel have been let go and that the situation is "unacceptable" though no children have been hurt.

The head of Johnson & Johnson is expected to be present at a Thursday Congressional committee hearing to further explore manufacturing lapses at a company plant that led to a recall of 40 children's pain and allergy over-the-counter medications. Meanwhile, the FDA is trying to sort out adverse events coming into the agency from worried parents.

Alfalfa sprouts are now implicated in the latest food recall over Salmonella Newport, a bacterium in human or animal waste. Sprouts present a particular problem because they are eaten raw. 22 people have been sickened.