Category Archives: FDA

Dirty equipment blamed for deadly outbreak in cantaloupe

By doris | Published: October 19, 2011

Full Story a tmsnbc.msn.com Potentially contaminated processing equipment and problems with packing and storage of whole cantaloupes at a Colorado farm likely led to the deadliest listeria outbreak in the United States in 25 years, which has so far claimed 25 lives in a dozen states, federal health regulators said Wednesday. Pools of water on [...]

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Cantaloupe illnesses and deaths expected to rise

By doris | Published: September 29, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Wednesday more illnesses and possibly more deaths may be linked to an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe in coming weeks. So far, the outbreak has caused at least 72 illnesses — including up to 16 deaths — in 18 states, making it the deadliest [...]

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FDA to supervise three Tylenol plants

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at UPI.com WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) — The U.S. government announced it is taking over three Tylenol plants following recalls and a criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories. The Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department took action against Tylenol maker McNeil PPC and two of its executives — its [...]

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Companies stop shipping 7 caffeine-alcohol drinks

By doris | Published: November 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The manufacturers of seven caffeinated alcoholic beverages labeled a “public health concern” have stopped producing or shipping the products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. Last week, the FDA sent warning letters to four beverage makers saying the addition of caffeine to alcoholic beverages was not [...]

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Survivors of foodborne illness to demand action on bill

By doris | Published: September 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year. The groups will release a report Wednesday afternoon [...]

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Tylenol recall: FDA slams company

By doris | Published: January 16, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The maker of several over-the-counter drugs, including Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl, announced a broad-based recall of these and other drugs Friday after receiving complaints of an “unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like” odor. The recall drew the FDA’s wrath on Johnson and Johnson (JNJ, Fortune 500) for not [...]

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Salmonella Worries Prompt Pistachio Recall

By doris | Published: March 31, 2009

Full Story At CBS News (CBS/AP) A Central California company is recalling about 1 million pounds of pistachios over concerns of possible salmonella contamination. Food safety officials are looking through Setton Farms’ plant in rural Tulare County to see if it could lead them to the source of the contamination. The recalls began last Friday [...]

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Peanut Butter May Be Labeled High Risk

By doris | Published: February 15, 2009

Full Story At CBS News (CBS/AP) In the wake of a deadly salmonella outbreak, the government may designate peanut butter as a high-risk food, according to a top health official. Dr. Stephen Sundlof, the head of the FDA’s food safety center, told lawmakers that peanut butter may be singled out for special attention as agency [...]

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Peanut butter outbreak prompts tighter food safety

By doris | Published: February 12, 2009

Full Story At yahoo.com WASHINGTON – They say nothing is more wholesome than peanut butter, but the government may soon ask companies that make the gooey treat to prove it. The salmonella outbreak is starting to change the way the government oversees the safety of peanut butter and other foods, health officials tell Congress. Dr. [...]

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Cracking the poison processed peanuts case

By doris | Published: February 9, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com WASHINGTON – A century ago, at the dawn of food safety laws, inspection amounted to little more than opening a bin of flour and looking for something wiggly. It’s a different story now. Solving the case of the poison processed peanuts took marathon work by federal scientists, clues in Canada, Oregon, [...]

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FDA: Plant knowingly sold salmonella-laced food

By doris | Published: February 7, 2009

Full Stroy At Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection records show. Federal law forbids producing or shipping foods under conditions that could make it harmful to consumers’ health.

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