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Possible Listeria contamination in ham salad recalled in Washington
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert Sunday for two ham salad products possibly contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, ...
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Health Alert issued for ham Salad products recalled for possible listeria contamination
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for ham salad ...
Coke with cane sugar may not be that big of a MAHA victory
Coca-Cola is going to offer a cane sugar version of its signature beverage, rather than one sweetened with corn syrup. Major segments of the food industry, including General Mills and Heinz, have ...
US lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drugs
US lawmakers are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to control the increasing market of fake weight-loss medications.
State Department to burn birth control worth $9.7M
The U.S. government will destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives for poor nations, mainly in Africa, after the State ...
Federal agencies work to create uniform definition of ultra-processed foods
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration are ...
RFK Jr. Taps Drug Chief From Revolving Door He Vowed to Close
The appointment of a seasoned pharmaceutical executive, George Tidmarsh, to run the FDA’s drug center underscores the ...
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Feds say industry needs to help define the term ‘ultra-processed food’
The federal government wants business and industry to offer information about processed foods so a national definition of ...
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India’s Narcotics Bureau Busts Drug Cartel With Links To US
India-West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON, DC — In one of the largest crackdowns on an international pharmaceutical trafficking syndicate, India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested eight ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
FDA Chief Marty Makary To Overhaul 1992 Food Pyramid, Slams Carb-Heavy Diet
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is spearheading a major overhaul of the agency’s dietary guidelines, including rewriting the 1992 food pyramid.
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...