Consumers and health care professionals can now go to a single page on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Web site to find a wide variety of safety information about prescription drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has launched its food defense awareness training kit for first line food industry employees.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association, an association that represents most of the makers of nonprescription over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines in children, has said it will modify product labels to state "do not use in children under 4," and will introduce new child-resistant packaging and measuring devices for use with the products.
"This year's event has sought to address the work that still needs to be done to reduce incidences of work-related injury and ill-health in our sector, and identify practical ways to achieve this," said Jak Thomas, chair of the Food and Drink Federation's OHS Committee.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) for the first heart pump that provides certain critically ill patients with temporary support for the right side of their heart.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased inspections and product testing efforts in response to the melamine contamination problem which originated in Chinese dairy products. As a result, the agency has detected melamine contamination in Blue Cat Flavor Drinks.
Microwave ovens should be equipped with safety controls to prevent children from opening them and being burned by hot foods and drinks, according to a study published yesterday by University of Chicago Medical Center researchers in the October 2008 issue of the journal Pediatrics.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the results of its interim safety and risk assessment of melamine and melamine-related compounds in food, including infant formula.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced the awarding of 17 one-year grants totaling $5.2 million to various state and local regulatory agencies to enhance food and feed safety.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced the selection of ten contractors to receive up to a total of $2.5 billion for information technology (IT) and data center management services over the next ten years.
October's final night is much darker than the harmless fun you may imagine. Ghosts and goblins may be prowling the streets with witches, warlocks, princesses, pirates, and countless other costumed carousers, minds fixed on sweets and treats. The truth is, they have good reason to be frightened.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers that seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products are being recalled by the Taiwanese company, King Car Food Industrial Co. Ltd., due to possible contamination with melamine.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) recently announced they are working on an action plan to address Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requirements that were issued Monday, Sept. 22, for the accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies (laboratories) to test children's products for lead content.
EPA said that in August 2007 its inspectors found open and unlabeled containers of hazardous waste at the facility and evidence of a release of used oil, as well as stored containers of hazardous waste without a permit and stored hazardous waste for longer than the 90 days allowed. At the time of the inspection, the company had ceased its pineapple growing operations, the agency noted.
ASSE has launched its 7th annual kids' "Safety-on-the-Job" poster contest, which is open to ASSE members' children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews, and will have a Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2009, deadline.
Elizabeth Johnson will "marshal the resources of dedicated people and considerable scientific research for inspection and food safety," the secreaty of agriculture predicts.
"Currently there are no drugs on the market that protect against or counteract radiation exposure," said University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Dr. Joel Greenberger, who leads the research. "Our goal is to develop treatments for the general population that are effective and non-toxic."
Among other measures, the agency is proposing to require bottled water manufacturers to test for the bacterium E. coli, an indicator of fecal contamination, if any coliform organisms are detected in source water or finished bottled water products.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule Sept. 18 that would prohibit “port shopping,” a practice that sometimes lets refused food shipments into the United States.
Genetic testing and a way to test more samples earlier are both being used, the agency said Tuesday.