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FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON— It's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared Thursday -- lifting its salmonella warning on the summer favorites amid signs that the record outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Hot peppers still
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FDA Clears Suspect Tomatoes - ABC News
Consumers got the go-ahead this afternoon to eat tomatoes again, following months of concern that the produce was linked to more than 1,000 cases of salmonella. Tomatoes are shown at Eastern Market in Detroit, Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Detroit
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FDA lifts warning on tomatoes - CNN
(CNN) -- Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, weeks after the food was blamed as a source of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada. The source of the outbreak of salmonella still isn't known
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UPDATE 1-FDA to rule on Labopharm's Tramadol by January - Reuters
TORONTO, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted the analysis Canadian drug company Labopharm Inc (DDS.TO: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) has provided on its once-daily version of the pain treatment Tramadol
Source: www.reuters.com

BSD Medical Responds to FDA On Its BSD-2000 PMA Application - MSN MoneyCentral
SALT LAKE CITY, July 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- BSD Medical Corporation (Nasdaq:BSDM) today announced that a formal response has been hand delivered to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pertaining to the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System submission
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Salmonella scare hit state growers hard - San Francisco Gate
By the time the Food and Drug Administration cleared tomatoes Thursday in its investigation of a salmonella outbreak, California's tomato sales had plummeted more than 40 percent. "It's a government-made disaster," said Melanie Horwath, office
Source: www.sfgate.com

FDA Sends Letter To Wyeth Over Violative Benefix Flashcard - CNN Money
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Wyeth (WYE), saying a promotional "flashcard" for the hemophilia drug Benefix is misleading because it suggests Benefix is safer than another drug, CSL's ( CSL.AU
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