FDA ADVISES MANUFACTURERS TO TEST GLYCERIN FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 4, 2007 ;     494 words ......the present time, FDA has no reason to...supply of glycerin is contaminated with DEG, though...years in which DEG-contaminated glycerin has caused human deaths. FDA is emphasizing the...safety issue and FDA is exploring how...glycerin become contaminated. In addition, FDA is ...

FDA NEWS DIGEST, OCT. 2

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......following newsletter: ORIGIN OF CONTAMINATED SPINACH PINPOINTED IN CURRENT OUTBREAK FDA has determined that all spinach...failure and 97 hospitalizations. FDA anticipates that producers of...release (English): http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01474...

FDA NEWS DIGEST, OCT. 10

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......OUTBREAK; SEARCH WARRANTS ISSUED An FDA statement confirms that as of Oct. 6, spinach contaminated with the dangerous bacterial...with the spinach outbreak. - FDA statement: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01486...More information: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/spinach...

FDA NEWS DIGEST, MAY 7

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......September 2006, DEG-contaminated cough syrup in Panama...deaths. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS...TO TAINTED GLUTEN FDA and the U.S. Department...byproducts made with contaminated wheat gluten have...gluten found to be contaminated with the chemical...compounds. ...

Use of IV Solution Ordered Halted; FDA Says Product Often Given to Heart...

The Washington Post;  March 19, 2005 ;     268 words ......to heart patients, saying it may be contaminated with the bacteria that caused this year...infection in a hospital in New Jersey, the FDA said, without identifying the hospital...agency said. "This product . . . may be contaminated with Serratia marcescens bacteria that...with compromised immune ...

IV Solution, Smoked Salmon Recalled; FDA Says Products May Be Contaminated...

The Washington Post;  April 10, 2005 ;     244 words ......Drug Administration said. The FDA issued a nationwide consumer...Nova Salmon products may be contaminated with listeria, a potentially...In its consumer alert, the FDA identified the product as...statement distributed by the FDA. On March 18, the FDA alerted hospitals that the solution may ...

FDA warns some Mexican candy contaminated with lead

AP Worldstream;  April 9, 2004 ;     456 words ......Mexico because it may be contaminated with small amounts of lead...powder apparently can become contaminated with lead during manufacturing, FDA said. Also, FDA cautioned...chili. It also can become contaminated with lead if it is sold in...said Michael Kashtock, an FDA plant safety ...

REPS. DINGELL, STUPAK APPLAUD FDA STEPS ON FOOD AND DRUG SAFETY, PLEDGE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......unwillingness of the FDA to protect Americans from contaminated food and drugs...past three weeks, FDA has taken enforcement...Laboratories by FDA seizing eleven lots of contaminated heparin, the blood...precautions to keep contaminated product out of the...On November 10, FDA ...

FDA doing inadequate job of overseeing safety of blood products,...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ......they have used contaminated medicines. If...physicians call the FDA's emergency...product was contaminated with the same...incident to an FDA hot line. But...Inspectors at the FDA's Chicago office...discovered saline-contaminated plasma samples...

FDA probes deaths from contaminated heparin

Charleston Gazette;  April 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......reactions. New data posted to the FDA's Web site shows the agency...manufacturers since January 2007. FDA did not specify how many deaths may have involved contaminated product. FDA reported a spike in deaths...heparin may have played a role. FDA's numbers include reports...unregistered ...

US FDA: Egg and egg-containing products and animal feed from European...

M2 Presswire;  June 14, 1999 ;     484 words ......precautionary step. FDA is taking this action...company in Europe was contaminated with PCBs and dioxins...animals that ate the contaminated feed may have been...European countries, FDA is also detaining...have been fed the contaminated feed. USDA is initiating...these products. FDA ...

FDA URGED TO REVISE FISH WARNINGS

United Press International;  January 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......International 01-11-2001 FDA urged to revise...eating methyl mercury-contaminated seafood, particularly...consumption of mercury-contaminated fish, it is clear...International. "The FDA has a responsibility...it appears that FDA's timeline to revise...has estimated that contaminated ...

FDA urged to revise fish warnings.

United Press International;  January 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......concern are dangers that such contaminated seafood pose to pregnant...from consumption of mercury-contaminated fish, it is clear that action...Press International. The FDA has a responsibility to issue...1991 by the NAS that the FDA's standards for methyl mercury...Unfortunately, it appears that ...

FDA WARNS CONSUMERS THAT RETAILERS MAY STILL HAVE RECALLED PET FOOD ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 12, 2007 ;     470 words ......V.M., director of FDA's Center for Veterinary...make sure that all contaminated food is off the shelves...company informed FDA that it had shipped...purchased from China and contaminated with melamine from...the United States. FDA investigators and...

FDA Advises Consumers to Avoid Toothpaste From China Containing Harmful...

M2 Presswire;  June 4, 2007 ;     613 words ......Harmful Chemical FDA Detains One Contaminated Shipment, Issues...Based on reports of contaminated toothpaste from China...including Panama, FDA increased its scrutiny...products, is not contaminated with DEG. FDA continues to investigate...