FDA NEWS

United States and China Outline Progress on Agreement on Food and Feed Safety (HHS Release)
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mike Leavitt signed a Joint Progress Statement today with the Honorable Li Changjiang, Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People�s Republic of China. The document outlines steps taken by both nations in implementing the 2007 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on food and feed safety.

Medicis Announces Voluntary Recall of Solodyn (minocycline HCL, USP) 90 Mg Tablets, Extended Release; Lot Numbers B080037 and B080038 Due to Product Mix-Up (May 16)
Medicis announced that the company is voluntarily recalling lot numbers B080037 (Exp: 12/09) and B080038 (Exp: 12/09) of the antibiotic SOLODYN (minocycline HCl, USP) Extended Release Tablets, 90 mg, 30-count bottles (NDC 99207-461-30). Medicis has received a report that one bottle in lot number B080037 contains AZASAN (azathioprine tablets) 75 mg (NDC 65649-231-51) instead of SOLODYN (minocycline HCl, USP) Extended Release Tablets, 90 mg.

Pregnant Women to Benefit from Better Information
A proposed rule will give women and their health care professionals better information concerning the effects of medications taken during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

Fresca Italia, Inc., Expands Recall of Burrata Cheese Because of Possible Health Risk (June 23)
Fresca Italia is recalling Burrata, a type of cheese, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal, or diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.