FDA NEWS

FDA seizes drugs from firm - Miami Herald
Federal agents have seized $74,000 worth of tablets from a Miami company that claimed it was making ''an all-natural sexual stimulant'' when in fact it was selling unapproved pills that contained a chemical similar to what's found in Viagra. The Food
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Arnie terminates trans fats - News.com.au
CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law today that will outlaw artificial trans fats in restaurants from 2010. Echoing a similar law in New York – which put a blanket ban on the sale of all foods containing trans fats earlier
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How food industry lobbying slowed salmonella search - San Francisco Gate
The food industry must drop any remaining opposition to electronic record-keeping and back an effective system for tracing contaminated food to its source, a lawmaker investigating food safety said Friday. "It is my hope that the food industry will
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Mexican peppers caused illnesses - San Francisco Gate
Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican jalapenos and the serrano
Source: www.sfgate.com

Jalapeños from the U.S. are safe to eat, FDA says - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
WASHINGTON — Only jalapeño peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican jalapeño and
Source: www.star-telegram.com

FDA says avoid jalapenos from Mexico, not the U.S. - Beacon News
WASHINGTON -- Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican jalapenos and
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