FDA expands red tomato warning due to salmonella

Xinhua News Agency;  June 10, 2008 ;     224 words ...FDA expands red tomato warning due...Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday to expand...linked to consumption of certain raw red plum, raw red Roma, raw red round...associated with this outbreak. FDA also recommends that retailers...can be found at ...

FDA Warns Consumers in New Mexico and Texas Not to Eat Certain Types of...

M2 Presswire;  June 4, 2008 ;     625 words ......2008-US Food and Drug Administration: FDA Warns Consumers in New Mexico and Texas Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...tomatoes. There are no reported deaths. FDA recognizes that the source of the contaminated...

FDA WARNS CONSUMERS IN NEW MEXICO, TEXAS NOT TO EAT CERTAIN TYPES OF RAW...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 3, 2008 ;     572 words ......outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The bacteria causing the illnesses are Salmonella...under investigation. However, preliminary data suggest that raw red plum, red Roma, or round red tomatoes ...

Florida, Mexico still under FDA scrutiny

Post-Tribune (IN);  June 21, 2008 ;     438 words ......SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Raw red Roma, red plum and round red...have sickened 552 people. The FDA wouldn't say where in Florida...consumers nationwide to avoid raw red plum, red Roma or red round...specific states or countries that FDA has cleared of suspicion. Check...

SOUTHEASTERN FARM LEADERS URGE FDA TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TO SALMONELLA...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 11, 2008 ;     445 words ......urged the agency to reform its procedures. The FDA has tied raw red plum, raw red Roma and raw round red tomatoes to 167 cases of salmonellosis...linked to the outbreak. "We understand that the FDA has a big responsibility, but it is necessary...

FDA expands warning about salmonella-contaminated tomatoes nationwide

Xinhua News Agency;  June 11, 2008 ;     501 words ...FDA expands warning about salmonella-contaminat...and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted consumers that...linked with certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing...officials advised. On Tuesday, FDA officials also recommended...service operators not offer raw red ...

COLORADO ADDED TO FDA'S SAFE TOMATO LIST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 11, 2008 ;     255 words ......tomatoes or make sure they come an FDA list of approved states." The FDA recommends that retailers, restaurants...food service operators not offer raw red Roma, raw red plum, and raw red...Safe Food List, visit http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes...

AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRIES COMMISSIONER SPARKS: ALABAMA GROWN TOMATOES ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 9, 2008 ;     220 words ......recent outbreak of salmonella in raw red tomatoes that has caused some...operators have been advised by the FDA not to offer for sale or service raw red plum, Roma, or red tomatoes...of the states listed on the FDA website as a "safe to eat...the salmonella outbreak in raw ...

Abolishing the FDA

Freeman;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started out as a bulwark against snake...and subservience to the drug industry. The FDA seems indifferent to the many deaths its...come to seriously consider abolishing the FDA. Before 1992 the FDA was no friend of the...

HEALTH DEPTARTMENT PROVIDES TIPS ON SALMONELLA AND RAW RED TOMATOES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 10, 2008 ;     418 words ......retailers follow the latest FDA guidelines concerning the consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round...under investigation by the FDA. The complete FDA recommendation...attached * Tomatoes grown at home Raw red plum, Roma and round red tomatoes...

A TIP FROM FDA LED TO SEC'S SUIT AGAINST BIOPURE

The Boston Globe;  October 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The FDA dropped the dime. According to a government...and several executives hid from investors the FDA's safety concerns about its products while...effects of the closer cooperation between the FDA and the SEC to police biotechnology companies...

Not good enough: Some feel FDA's easing of off-label rules still falls...

Drug Topics;  January 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Some feel FDA's easing of off-label rules still falls short...recently released draft policy guidelines, the FDA would let pharmaceutical manufacturers distribute...failed to attract enthusiastic support. "The FDA's action indicates that it continues to believe...

Not enough warning: GAO report finds FDA's medical device monitoring...

Modern Healthcare;  March 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...GAO report finds FDA's medical device monitoring lacking The...underreporting of device-related problems to the FDA by user facilities, such as hospitals. In...medical-device law in 1990 to boost field data at the FDA's disposal by making user reporting mandatory...

FDA asks HHS Inspector General to investigate FDA-sponsored clinical...

M2 Presswire;  March 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-24 March 2003-US FDA: FDA asks HHS Inspector General to investigate FDA-sponsored clinical trial(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03212003 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it has asked the Inspector General...

One Man's Ode to the FDA; Agency Is Often Criticized, but Employees Sing...

The Washington Post;  July 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ..."FDA Centennial Anthem" won't be mistaken for "The...singing along. The anthem might be true to the FDA's roots in the Progressive Era of Theodore Roosevelt...stanzas of lofty sentiment does it acknowledge FDA setbacks, such as the handling of Vioxx, a drug...