Donald Kennedy, former FDA commissioner and president emeritus at Stanford University, is one of 150 scientists that hav…
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Lawsuit Claims FDA Could Prevent Food Poisoning Deaths with New Regulations
A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the FDA alleges that the agency has repeatedly missed mandatory deadlines to implement…
New York Investigates Energy Drinks for Misleading Claims
The New York attorney general has opened an investigation into energy drink manufacturers to discover whether claims mad…
FDA Must Speed its Process on Antibiotic Safety in Factory Farms, Court Rules
A New York federal court has ruled that the FDA cannot delay its regulatory proceedings on determining the safety of ant…
FDA Lands in Court Over Mercury in Fish
The FDA’s failure to respond within the proper timeframe to a petition to create stricter limits on allowable leve…
FDA Approves First Weight Loss Drug Since the Fen-Phen Fiasco
Approval of the nation’s first weight loss drug in 13 years came by way of the FDA earlier this week with the auth…
What Is The FDA NOT Telling Us About Antibiotics in Livestock Feed?
The NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) announced earlier this week that they’ve filed a Freedom of Informat…
Prove They're Safe Or Stop Using Them: Court Orders Major FDA Action on Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
Intensity over the issue of antibiotic use in animal feed has been heating up over just how much the government should i…
It's Not Sugar: FDA Denies Rebrand Attempt from HFCS to 'Corn Sugar'
Last week, the FDA finally denied a controversial 2010 petition filed by the corn industry agency, The Corn Refiners Ass…
Outrage Flies Over FDA 'Guidelines' to Control Antibiotic Resistance
After filing a lawsuit last year aimed at forcing action over excessive antibiotic use in livestock production, the NRDC…
