http://fda.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for FDA en Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030860 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a Texas laboratory's finding of acetaminophen in dog and cat food, an agency spokesman said Monday. The pain medication is the fifth contaminant found in pet foods during the past 2 1/2 months and can be toxic or lethal to pets, especially cats. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030860petfoodpetsFDAacetaminophencontaminationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031199 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a Texas laboratory's finding of acetaminophen in dog and cat food, an agency spokesman said Monday. The pain medication is the fifth contaminant found in pet foods during the past 2 1/2 months and can be toxic or lethal to pets, especially cats. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031199petfoodpetsFDAacetaminophencontaminationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031236 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a Texas laboratory's finding of acetaminophen in dog and cat food, an agency spokesman said Monday. The pain medication is the fifth contaminant found in pet foods during the past 2 1/2 months and can be toxic or lethal to pets, especially cats. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031236petfoodpetsFDAacetaminophencontaminationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031274 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a Texas laboratory's finding of acetaminophen in dog and cat food, an agency spokesman said Monday. The pain medication is the fifth contaminant found in pet foods during the past 2 1/2 months and can be toxic or lethal to pets, especially cats. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031274petfoodpetsFDAacetaminophencontaminationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025180 unknown@Netscape.com So far we have not received any report of death resulting from using the toothpaste. The U.S. handling (of this case) is neither scientific nor responsible," China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement posted on its Web site over the weekend. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025180chinacontaminatedtoothpasteFDAusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2023420 unknown@Netscape.com Consumers were advised yesterday to discard all toothpaste made in China after federal health officials said they found Chinese-made toothpaste containing a poison used in some antifreeze in three locations: Miami, the Port of Los Angeles and Puerto Rico. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:05:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2023420FDAChinesetoothpastecontaminationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010751 unknown@Netscape.com FDA Warns of Potentially Lethal Imported Puffer Fish Mislabeled as Monkfish Sat, 26 May 2007 21:47:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010751monkfishpufferFishFDANews http://web2announcer.com/go/1970125 unknown@Netscape.com Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical. Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria. Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides. These were among the 107 food imports from China that the FDA detained at U.S. ports just last month. For years, U.S. inspection records show Sun, 20 May 2007 07:48:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1970125ChineseimportsfoodcontaminationFDAtradeEconomyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1940972 unknown@Netscape.com Alabama and Mississippi have banned Chinese catfish after finding them pumped full of fluoroquinolones, an antibiotic banned by the FDA for use in animals that people eat. Thu, 17 May 2007 20:14:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1940972chinacatfishfluoroquinolonesFDAimportsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1856258 unknown@Netscape.com A 2003 Food and Drug Administration analysis of drugs supplied by "compounding pharmacies" that sell over the Internet found that 34 percent of the drugs were not formulated as advertised. Sat, 12 May 2007 19:16:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1856258compoundingpharmaciesFDANews http://web2announcer.com/go/1751117 unknown@Netscape.com The exporter of a contaminated pet food ingredient blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States may have avoided Chinese export inspections by labeling it a nonfood product, a U.S. government report says. Sat, 05 May 2007 00:17:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1751117MelaminechickenporkFDAchinaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1749286 unknown@Netscape.com We should have a right in America to choose our own form of healing. We should have a right to unprocessed foods, we should have the ability to live healthfully and not succumb to government intrusion in pursuing natural health care. Fri, 04 May 2007 23:19:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1749286healthnaturalremediesFDAsupplementsvitaminsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1705772 unknown@Netscape.com Federal health investigators suspect that they will find more farms that received tainted animal feed but stressed Tuesday that the threat to people is minimal. Wed, 02 May 2007 07:12:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1705772FDATaintedfeedminorthreatTohumansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1651443 unknown@Netscape.com Texas firm that supplied fatal drug to Portland clinic escaped FDA oversight Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:20:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1651443fataldrugdeathFDANews http://web2announcer.com/go/1547383 unknown@Netscape.com A pretty interesting rundown of the current state of affairs in the world of the chocolate industry. Will lobbyists force the FDA to to let manufacturers adulterate chocolate by replacing cocoa butter with cheap vegetable oil? Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:06:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1547383chocolatePoliticsFDAarcherdanielsmidlandlobyistsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1486038 unknown@Netscape.com Contrary to the expectations of the Food and Drug Administration, a planned overhaul of the FDA's Web site will not generate a better informed public, some health experts say. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:40:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1486038FDANews http://web2announcer.com/go/1470905 unknown@Netscape.com Just 1.3 percent of imported fish, vegetables, fruit and other foods are inspected yet those government inspections regularly reveal food unfit for human consumption. Frozen catfish from China, beans from Belgium, baked goods from Canada, India and the Philippines the list of tainted food detained at the border by the FDA stretches on. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:26:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1470905foodFDAimportsInspectionssafetyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1295024 unknown@Netscape.com We'd like to think that FDA officials have only our health and safety in mind when they decide on what food or medicines they'll allow us to buy. But, sadly enough, they're as politically motivated as any politician in Washington. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:58:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1295024FDAfooddrugssafetygovernmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1294398 unknown@Netscape.com FDA proposes relaxing labeling requirements on food exposed to radiation, and calling it "PASTEURIZED" instead! ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO STEAMROLL OVER THE SAFETY OF FOOD. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:01:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1294398DistortingfactsContinuesFDAplayingrussianroulettewithfoodsafetyAnothercynicalattemptTomislabelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1222783 unknown@Netscape.com Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat poison, federal officials said Friday. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:10:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1222783FDAChemicalfoundpetfoodrecallNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1219580 unknown@Netscape.com Animal rights advocates are calling on federal food safety regulators and pet food companies to expand a nationwide recall of dog and cat food to include dry varieties, claiming it makes pets sick. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:43:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1219580PETAFDAshouldexpandpetfoodrecallNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1212653 unknown@Netscape.com Walgreens never told federal or state authorities that one of its pharmacists had made a mistake on a prescription that led to devastating brain damage in a suburban Chicago infant. Because it didn't have to. Neither the federal government nor 46 of the 50 states have any law requiring that drug stores report prescription errors. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:36:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1212653chicagoFDAWalgreenspharmacymistakesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1073697 unknown@Netscape.com Federal regulators said Monday that contaminated wheat gluten is the most likely source of deaths in a large pet food recall, and that it is investigating whether other pet food makers got wheat gluten from the same supplier. The Food and Drug Administration also said that it expects the number of deaths linked to the food to grow. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:46:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1073697recallwheatglutenpetsfoodFDANews http://web2announcer.com/go/1031090 unknown@Netscape.com The rare blood disorder can lead to disability and premature death. The drug is made by Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cheshire, Conn. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:32:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1031090FDAOksdrugTotreatblooddisorderNews http://web2announcer.com/go/981915 unknown@Netscape.com A close examination of the benefits of transgenic crops will reveal that the benefits, if they occur, are way overstated, and the costs are often ignored. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:37:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/981915geneticallymodifiedGMtransgenicFDAUSDAbenefitcostNews http://web2announcer.com/go/927484 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. biotech industry doesn't face generic competition partly because the Food and Drug Administration lacks authority to approve biotech generics, as it does for easier-to-copy traditional drugs. Legislation reintroduced last month in Congress seeks to give the FDA that authority. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:18:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/927484biotechFDAgenericdrugslegislationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/875598 unknown@Netscape.com Government regulation of tobacco could backfire by inadvertently forcing smokers to light up more and inhale more deeply, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:29:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/875598FDAchiefDontRegulateTobaccoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/818428 unknown@Netscape.com The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the risk and benefits of popular cough and cold remedies indicated for young children, a top official was cited as saying by the New York Times. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:33:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/818428FDAcoldmedicationschildrenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/766253 unknown@Netscape.com The nation's first vaccine against bird flu is even less effective than previously thought, according to Food and Drug Administration documents released Monday. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:03:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/766253FDAtestsbirdFluvaccineEffectivenessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/610919 unknown@Netscape.com A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday renewed an effort to empower the government to regulate cigarettes as a drug, winning praise from anti-smoking advocates. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:08:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/610919congressRevivesFDATobaccoauthoritystruggleNews http://web2announcer.com/go/589341 unknown@Netscape.com A prominent Cleveland Clinic cardiologist on Tuesday accused the Food and Drug Administration of making inappropriate concessions to the pharmaceutical industry that put dangerous drugs on the market and let sales continue after safety questions were raised. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:07:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/589341FDAhealthfailurepharmaceuticalindustryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/567264 unknown@Netscape.com The government on Monday restricted use of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, saying the drug now should be used only to treat pneumonia but not less serious bacterial infections like bronchitis and sinusitis. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:33:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/567264FDARestrictsuseofantibioticNews http://web2announcer.com/go/498360 unknown@Netscape.com The government on Wednesday approved over-the-counter sales of the fat-blocking diet pill orlistat, allowing direct sales for the first time of a version of a diet drug that had been available only by prescription. Currently available by prescription as Xenical, the capsules will now be sold in a lower, nonprescription dose under the name Alli. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:17:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/498360NonprescriptiondietpillAlliOrlistatFDANews http://web2announcer.com/go/473666 unknown@Netscape.com Women with early stage breast cancer won a new gene test Tuesday to help predict whether they'll relapse in five or 10 years, information that could influence how aggressively they fight that initial tumor. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:28:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/473666FDAapprovesnewbreastcancertestNews http://web2announcer.com/go/399012 unknown@Netscape.com A blood thinning drug made by GlaxoSmithKline could get a boost Thursday as federal regulators are expected to grant approval for a new use in patients at risk of heart attack. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:59:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/399012glaxodrugdrugsnewuseGlaxoSmithKlineFDAheartAttackNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6748 unknown@Netscape.com Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription -- but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials decided Thursday. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:38:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6748womenfederal drug admFDAhealthbirth controlmorning after pillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6706 unknown@Netscape.com Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription — but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials ruled Thursday, capping a contentious 3-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive. Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor's note to buy the pills, called Plan B. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:29:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6706Newsmorning after pillplan bFDA