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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 ...
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 hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of ...
New drug for Parkinson’s shown to be effective in clinical trials: 'Very encouraged'
A new pill, tavapadon, has shown potential in easing Parkinson’s symptoms while limiting side effects. In patients taking at ...
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Five priorities to remake the FDA in a time of deep uncertainty
Two former FDA leaders look at Commissioner Marty Makary’s early stumbles — and lay out a list of priorities to protect both ...
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Makary says FDA will remove pharma representatives from advisory panels
Makary announced the change during his first interview as commissioner. He spent much of the conversation with Megyn Kelly ...
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The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety
The Department of Health and Human Services was by no means spared the hatchet job by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE), and big changes are coming to food safety standards ...
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 Clears Neuralink Rival’s Brain Implant
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cleared a core component of a brain implant made by Precision Neuroscience, a ...
US FDA limits industry employees from roles in its advisory committees
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary announced on Thursday a policy to limit employees of companies ...
Bausch says court grants summary judgment in favor of FDA, Salix, and Teva
Bausch Health Companies (BHC) and its gastroenterology business, Salix Pharmaceuticals, announced the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...