Read more Food and Drug Administration stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29843/food-and-drug-administration.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:05:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold in 31 US restaurants was the prized—and endangered—bluefin....http://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74017/fda-demands-safety-data-on-energy-drinks-with-alcohol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA has taken action against companies that make alcoholic energy drinks, giving the firms 30 days to provide evidence to support their claim that caffeine and booze are a safe combination. A group of concerned scientists have said there is no evidence to support the claim that the drinks...http://www.newser.com/story/74017/fda-demands-safety-data-on-energy-drinks-with-alcohol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 18:20:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71851/fda-ignored-data-on-risky-mri-dye.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn May 2006, Danish medical regulators came to GE with troubling findings. Twenty-five patients with weak kidneys had developed NSF, a rare and sometimes fatal disease, after undergoing MRIs, and all 25 had been injected with GE’s Omniscan dye. Since then, the GE dye, along with other so-called “contrast agents”...http://www.newser.com/story/71851/fda-ignored-data-on-risky-mri-dye.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 8:51:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70491/flavored-cig-ban-is-silly-kids-dont-smoke-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA is all over the map—and all wrong—with its ban on flavored cigarettes, writes Steve Chapman. The agency touts the move against the “gateway” tobacco products, saying it will break the cycle of addiction “for the more than 3,600 young people who start smoking daily.” First...http://www.newser.com/story/70491/flavored-cig-ban-is-silly-kids-dont-smoke-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 11:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70047/us-ban-on-flavored-cigarettes-kicks-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect today, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco. The ban on manufacturing, importing, marketing and distribution includes candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes, which health authorities say are more appealing to...http://www.newser.com/story/70047/us-ban-on-flavored-cigarettes-kicks-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 19:22:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66420/fda-cracks-down-on-swine-flu-snake-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hysteria over the swine flu pandemic has spawned its share of magic cures, and health authorities are busy combating the snake oil salesmen, the Financial Times reports. Nearly half of the warning letters sent by the FDA to manufacturers and retailers since May have been issued to those hawking...http://www.newser.com/story/66420/fda-cracks-down-on-swine-flu-snake-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 13:05:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63234/easy-on-the-tylenol-fda-panel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn outside panel reporting to the Food and Drug Administration recommended today that the maximum daily dosage of Tylenol be reduced and the Extra Strength variety of the painkiller be available only by prescription, Bloomberg reports. The panel of advisers, whose suggestions are nonbinding, noted acetaminophen’s effect on the liver....http://www.newser.com/story/63234/easy-on-the-tylenol-fda-panel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 16:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62538/obama-signs-smoking-crackdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the strongest-ever US anti-smoking bill today and praised it for providing needed protections for future generations. "It is a law that will save American lives," Obama said. "The decades-long...http://www.newser.com/story/62538/obama-signs-smoking-crackdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 14:15:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62344/e-coli-fears-prompt-recall-of-toll-house-cookie-dough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNestle is voluntarily recalling Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The FDA and CDC are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related, the company said. Sixty-six reports of illness in 28 states have come...http://www.newser.com/story/62344/e-coli-fears-prompt-recall-of-toll-house-cookie-dough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:43:25 CDT