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New FDA chief offers support for Kennedy on autism claims, says no more ‘mass cuts’ planned
US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary suggested in a new interview that autism is caused by a range ...
Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts ...
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How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe
While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, ...
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety
The FDA is reportedly considering offloading most routine food safety inspections to state agencies amid mass DOGE layoffs.
FDA Guts Food Safety Testing in Latest Move to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
The changes to FERN are a direct result of staffing cuts at the HHS, which oversees agencies like the FDA and CDC. Kennedy is ...
FDA suspends food safety quality checks. How to protect yourself from salmonella, listeria
According to Reuters, the FDA is suspending a quality control program, for food testing labs. Here are the steps you should take to protect yourself.
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Target baby food recalled over lead contamination
A company that makes baby food for Target is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated ...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
FDA hiring contractors to replace terminated safety inspection staffers
When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety ...
Cookies Recalled Over 'Rancid Taste' Issued Risk Warning
The FDA then issued its classification of the recall on April 14 as a Class II, indicating it is a "situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically ...
Cases of candy recalled in 8 states, including New York
The candy was distributed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Delaware and Texas. The affected product has the UPC 73476513450. The recall number is: F-0716-2025.