Health Advocates Are Unhappy with FDA Guidance on Lead Levels in Baby Food
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) released the first-ever guidelines for ...
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Watchdog report finds FDA lags in food inspection duties
The U.S. food supply is generally considered safe, but tens of millions of people get sick from foodborne illnesses each year ...
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FDA Sets Lead Limits for Processed Baby Foods Amid Safety Concerns
In a groundbreaking move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently implemented lead limits for processed baby ...
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Common Grocery Shopping Mistakes That Compromise Food Safety
Grocery shopping is an essential part of daily life, yet it’s easy to make mistakes that might compromise the safety a ...
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FDA makes changes in food contact and lead in baby food as new year begins
The Food and Drug Administration will change its food safety policy as 2025 progresses.  Monday’s latest is the FDA issued a notice in the Federal ...
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Publisher’s Platform: Why the lack of transparency FDA?
The clear multistate E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce raises concern about the FDA and transparency — the failure to disclose where consumers purchased the tainted product and who the FDA ...
FDA's Food Safety Inspections Struggle Amid Staffing Shortfall
The FDA has failed to meet its mandated targets for domestic and foreign food safety inspections since fiscal 2018, the US ...
Food Recalls: List of Items Pulled for Plastic Contamination
Recalls can be issued for a variety of reasons, from undeclared allergens to plastic and bacterial contamination.
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...
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FDA sets ‘achievable’ lead levels for baby food – but are they still too high?
Final guidance from FDA affirms previously proposed caps for lead in packaged baby and toddler food that public health advocates complained did not go far enough – spurring calls for state action.
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FDA issues multiple food and drug recalls in December
The FDA announced several recalls in December 2024, including Lay’s potato chips, cucumbers, puppy food, and dietary ...
Baby food labels will reveal levels of lead and other heavy metals for first time
Baby food labels will disclose levels of lead and other toxic heavy metals via QR codes, thanks to a California law taking ...