FDA, CDC Investigating Multi-State Listeria Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were investigating a multi-state outbreak of listeria ...
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FDA Proposes Standardized Testing to Detect Asbestos in Talc Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, according to ...
FDA Screening Cinnamon Imports After Toxic Lead Sickens Kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead contamination after growing reports of children who were sickened after eating pouches of ...
FDA Considers Regulating Multibillion-Dollar Lab Test Industry
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposal to begin regulating laboratory medical tests, a multibillion-dollar industry that the agency says poses a growing risk to patients ...
Cough Syrup Deaths Overseas Prompt U.S. Crackdown on Toxic Testing
The U.S. FDA is cracking down on lax testing practices by dozens of makers of healthcare products following hundreds of deaths overseas from contaminated cough syrups, a ...
FDA Approves Musk’s Neuralink for Study of Brain Implants in Humans
Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after ...
Federal Investigators to Review FDA Response to Baby Formula Recall
Federal investigators have launched a review into whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration properly inspected Abbott Laboratories' Michigan plant and how the agency oversaw the baby formula ...
Phillips Claims FDA’s Ventilator Safety Issues May Be Overestimated
Dutch medical equipment maker Philips on Wednesday said U.S. regulators might have overestimated the number of safety issues raised by customers related to its recall of ventilators in which a ...
FDA Slaps ‘Most Serious’ Label on Philips Ventilator Recall Over Low Oxygen Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday classified the recent recall of some of Philips' ventilators as Class 1, or the most serious type of recall, saying the use of these devices may cause ...