FDA Alerts
Wawona Packing Recalls Fruits Due to Potential Listeria Contamination
Wawona Packing Company of Cutler, Calif is voluntarily recalling certain lots of whole peaches (white and yellow), nectarines (white and yellow), plums and pluots packed between June 1, 2014 through July 12, 2014 due to the potential of the products being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Mars Food Recalls Certain Uncle Ben's Ready Rice Products
Mars Food North America is voluntarily recalling two Lot Codes of UNCLE BEN’S® READY RICE® Garden Vegetable with Peas, Carrots & Corn pouch product, representing less than 2,000 cases.
Clarification on Using Wood Shelving in Artisanal Cheesemaking
Recently, you may have heard some concerns suggesting the FDA has taken steps to end the long-standing practice in the cheesemaking industry of using wooden boards to age cheese.
FDA Reminder About Prescribing Too Much Acetaminophen
FDA is reminding health care professionals to stop prescribing and pharmacists to stop dispensing prescription combination drug products that contain more than 325 milligrams (mg) of acetaminophen per tablet, capsule, or other dosage unit.
FDA Orders Wash.-based Smoked Seafood Manufacturer to Cease Operations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently ordered Jensen’s Old Fashioned Smokehouse Inc., a processor of smoked fish products in Seattle, Wash., to stop processing, preparing, packing, holding and distributing any food at or from its facility.
FDA Warns Public Not to Use Muscle Growth Product
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to immediately stop using a product called Mass Destruction, marketed as a dietary supplement for muscle growth.
Voluntary Recall Issued for Certain Sterile Medications
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of potentially contaminated sterile medications.
FDA Wants Antibacterial Soap Makers to Show Their Products Work
Antibacterial soaps are thought to help stop the spread of germs, but research has not shown that these soaps work any better at preventing illness than plain soap. The FDA wants to change that.
FDA Requiring Color Changes to Duragesic Pain Patches to Aid Safety
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring color changes to the writing on Duragesic (fentanyl) pain patches so they can be seen more easily.
FDA Prohibits Manufacture of FDA-Regulated Drugs from Ranbaxy's Mohali, India, Plant and Issues Import Alert
The US Food and Drug Administration today issued an import alert under which US officials may detain at the US border drug products manufactured at Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd.’s facility in Mohali, India.