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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, one of the US federal executive departments.
The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED) and veterinary products. Source: Wikipedia
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Country of origin
USA
Founded
1906
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Agriculture
Beverage
Food
Foodservice
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Hagens Berman has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that ConAgra Foods deceptively marketed Parkay Spray, a sprayable margarine product, as 'fat free,' and '0 calories.'
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The FSIS has amended regulations that once banned the use of sodium benzoate, sodium propionate and benzoic acid in meat and poultry products, the Food and Drug Administration has confirmed.
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The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has responded to the recent proposed changes to food safety regulations from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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The FDA has formally entered into regulating how food is grown and harvested by proposing standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce on farms.
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Fonterra has welcomed the signing of an agreement between New Zealand and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that recognises their respective food safety systems provide comparable assurance.
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It has been reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that five people may have died from consuming Monster Energy drinks.
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The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) has released the following statement in response to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejection of an industry petition to rename HFCS.
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Corn refiners suffered a defeat yesterday as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected an industry petition to rename high-fructose corn syrup as 'corn sugar' on nutritional labels.
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The National Consumers League (NCL) has filed a formal complaint with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a nutritional scoring system.
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CSPI executive director Michael Jacobson told FDA commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, that upwards of 100,000 lives could be saved annually if sodium levels in packaged and restaurant foods were halved.
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A US cheese processor has agreed to keep its products off the market until they are proven safe for consumption as part of a consent decree of permanent injunction with the FDA.
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NAMPA welcomes action by the FDA to reject the citizens’ petition filed by the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) seeking a ban on bisphenol A (BPA).
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The National Consumers League (NCL) has discovered that not all bottled lemon juice products in the US are what they claim to be.
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Two new pancreatic enzyme products used to help aid food digestion, Ultresa (pancrelipase) and Viokace (pancrelipase), were approved today by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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A federal court has granted the FDA a permanent injunction preventing Daniel Allgyer and his Rainbow Acres Farm from distributing raw milk products in final package form for human consumption.
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A petition attacking Michael Taylor “represents the baldest sort of character assassination” and is full of factual misstatements, according to an open letter written by food safety experts.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting a budget of $4.5bn to protect and promote the public health as part of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is placing more Brazilian orange juice companies on Import Alert for the presence of Carbendazim/MBC, according to the FDA consulting firm, FDAImports.com.
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The AFFI and a coalition of more than 30 food groups have urged senior administration leaders to develop a budget request that funds the FDA food safety programmes.
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Voluntary efforts by industry to reduce sodium levels in the food supply have failed, according to comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week by the CSPI.
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In recent weeks, various organisations and individuals, in numerous publications and oral comments, have made statements about the settlement reached between the FDA and the NRDC.
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The Weston A Price Foundation (WAPF) has warned the FDA that plans for salt restriction pose a health threat to Americans of all ages, in comments submitted to the agency.
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The most sweeping reforms of the nation’s food safety rules in over seventy years are being implemented by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and have led to an influx of comments from the industry.
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BioExx Specialty Proteins has received a letter from the FDA, which confirms that it has no questions regarding BioExx's conclusion that its canola protein products are Generally Recognised As Safe.
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The FDA has issued a letter alerting the orange juice processing industry to the agency’s position with respect to recent reports of finding of the fungicide carbendazim in orange juice.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed their decision to restrict the use of a certain class of antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chicken, and turkeys, reported in the *New York Times.*
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Dow AgroSciences has been notified by the FDA that the agency's consultation has found both Enlist corn and Enlist soybeans to be in compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements.
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The vat-grown mould used to make the Quorn line of meat substitutes causes gastrointestinal distress and in some cases, life-threatening anaphylactic reactions, according to the nonprofit CSPI.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed a new maximum allowable level (0.006 mg/l) for diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in bottled water. The chemical is used to make plastics more flexible.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have made a voluntary recall of bagged salads due to possible Salmonella contamination in the US.
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The Corn Refiners Association has petitioned the FDA to allow manufacturers the option of using corn sugar as an alternative ingredient name for HFCS.
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At the request of the US Food and Drug Administration, US Marshals have seized seafood products manufactured by Meiko Foods in South El Monte because the products are adulterated.
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US and Mexican officials have been working closely together to find the source (or sources) of contamination of salmonella in fresh papayas entering the US from Mexico.
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Reed's has received a letter from the Irvine office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerting the company to concerns about the language describing the ingredients of two of its products.
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Del Monte Fresh Produce has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in US District Court.
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The FDA has opened a 60-day comment period on a proposed 'gluten-free' food labelling rule.
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The US Food and Drug Administration recently published a list of every foreign manufacturer that has had a shipment refused entry to the US since October 2001.
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The 'caramel colouring' used in Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other foods is contaminated with two cancer-causing chemicals, says study.
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The National Consumers League has praised the FDA announcement that it would crack down on seven alcoholic energy drinks.
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The National Milk Producers Federation has sent another petition to the FDA asserting that the practice has worsened in the past 10 years.
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The Food and Drug Administration in the US has sent 17 warning letters to food manufacturers, following through its vow to crack down on misleading labels on food packages.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has asked a federal court to shut down Quesos Mi Pueblito for 'operating under insanitary conditions'.
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Leafy greens, eggs and tuna are at the top of a list of the 10 riskiest foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
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USDA's fresh produce chief will join FDA to develop new food safety rules as part of a cooperative initiative between FDA and the US.
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The International Bottled Water Association has presented testimony on the regulation of bottled water.
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The Food and Drug Administration is pushing more stringent testing standards for the bottled water industry in the US.
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Dr Margaret 'Peggy' Hamburg has been named as the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner after her nomination was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate.
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President Obama has appointed Dr Margaret Hamburg as commissioner of the FDA, and has announced the creation of a Food Safety Working Group.
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The FDA has posted a warning to consumers about drinking Venom Hyperdrive 3.0, as it contains an undeclared drug called sibutramine.
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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have launched new products on the back of the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of stevia, the zero-calorie sweetener.
