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Costco-brand cold and flu medication recalled by FDA: Here’s what to know

Thousands of Costco-branded cold and flu medicines have been pulled from shelves. A total of 8,640 boxes of Kirkland Severe Cold and Flu Plus Crowded Daypacks and Nightpacks were recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week. This follows the FDA's proposal in early November to ban the use of oral phenylephrine as […]

Carrots, cucumbers, Bloody Mary mix among December recalls by FDA

From diet pills, teas, and Bloody Mary mixes to granola bars, carrots, mushrooms, and cucumbers, here are some of the foods and drinks that disappeared from store shelves in December alone. These items were compiled from the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) list of “Recalls, Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts.” This list is not exhaustive. Anyone […]

Red food dye could soon be banned as FDA reviews petition: ‘Scary stuff’

Widely used artificial food dyes may soon be outlawed. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to ban an artificial food coloring called Red No. 3, also known as erythrosin. The synthetic dye, made from petroleum, is used as a coloring additive to give food and ingested medicines a “bright cherry red color,” […]

FDA May Move to Ban Artificial Red No. 3 Food Dye

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could move to ban artificial red food coloring from food and beverages “in the coming weeks,” according to a report. Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for human food, explained during Thursday's Senate meeting that the agency will decide whether to ban Red No. 3. petition Submitted by NBC […]

FDA must disclose more COVID-19 vaccine records, US judge rules

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to release more information supporting the authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine after failing to persuade the court to end a public records lawsuit. in judgment, On Friday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, Texas, ruled against a group of scientists who wanted […]

Supreme Court weighs FDA ban on flavored vapes

Supreme Court justices ruled Monday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acted unfairly in its regulation of flavored e-cigarettes and in its decision to bar two companies from selling products with flavors they determined pose a risk to young people. engaged in a debate about whether or not the . The justices found that […]

Meet Trump's picks for CDC, FDA

Click here for more news from The Hill {beacon} health care health care Full text   Supreme Court won't hear cigarette package graphic warning case The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to the federal government's requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings about the effects of smoking. The court declined to hear the […]

Biden COVID response coordinator: Trump picks for FDA, NIH 'pretty reasonable'

Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health and former White House coronavirus coordinator in President Biden's administration, said that President-elect Trump will lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), He talked about the person he selected to lead the center. Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is “pretty […]

Trump rounds out health team with CDC, FDA picks

President-elect Trump on Friday announced appointments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), and the Surgeon General, finalizing his health team for his next term in the White House. In a flurry of administration announcements on Friday, President Trump said he has appointed Johns Hopkins University surgeon Marty […]