Posted on March 10, 2024Author National Law ForumCategories Administrative & Regulatory, Consumer Protection, FDATags apple cinnamon fruit pouches, business, CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, cinnamon, cinnamon safety, elevated chromium levels, elevated lead levels, FDA, Food and Drug Ad...
An FDA advisory panel wrestled with how best to communicate food recalls to the public and when to notify consumers when a recall is over at a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., last week.The FDA Risk Communication Advisory Committee spent Aug. 13-14 getting briefed on the latest consu...
Dollar Tree failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to reports of illness in more than 500 children, leaving the products on some store shelves for two months, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. The FDA sent a warning ...
Consumers and the media often focus on recalls—particularly those that are extensive and/or that involve widely consumed products—as indicators of the safety of the U.S. food supply. In many but certainly not all cases, products subject to a recall may have sickened or killed people or oth...
The book includes chapters on federal regulation, food litigation, safety and recalls, nutrition programs, international law, use of block chain in the industry, securing the food system during the pandemic, and intellectual property. HPM’s Ricardo Carvajal contributed the chapter that provides an ...
This week's action marks the first time the FDA has ever formally ordered a food recall. Congress gave the FDA that authority in 2011 after a series of high-profile food outbreaks involving peanut butter,spinachand other grocery staples. ...
On August 19, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)announcedthat FDA shall no longer conduct premarket review of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) under theFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Actandimplementing regulations(FDCA). The crux of the statement is this: “the department has ...
The FDA’s Orphan Products Clinical Trials Grants Program is open to academic institutions, industry sponsors, non-profit organizations, and public or private entities, both within and outside the U.S. who intend to evaluate a drug, biologic, medical device, or food for medical purposes that ...
few years, the recalls have been practically nonstop. Many organic brands and products have been included, and many major food suppliers. It’s not just some little fly-by-night companies who are taking shortcuts. The CDC has investigated24 multi-state foodborne illness outbreaksso far this ...
attained by competitors; challenges to patents; product efficacy or safety concerns resulting in product recalls or regulatory action; changes in behavior and spending patterns of purchasers of health care products an...