Category: FDA

MEwens
Did you know “Grade A” on an egg carton doesn’t indicate whether the eggs inside are safe to eat?
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Katherine Hobson
The latest on the egg recall: Companies are pointing fingers, the FDA has come back to the farms — and will customers forgive and forget?
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MEwens
The U.S. supply of table eggs, 550 million of which have been recalled, is separate from the supply of eggs used to make flu vaccines.
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Betsy McKay
The FDA inspection reports don’t constitute a final finding of a violation, but they’re pretty stomach-turning reading.
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MEwens
The FDA says it’s found contaminated facilities and feed at Wright County Egg, though it stressed the specific source of the outbreak has not been pinned down.
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MEwens
Also: campaign donations by health insurers; Roche doesn’t get an accelerated review of new breast-cancer drug; Obama administration touts Medicare anti-fraud efforts.
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MEwens
eMarketer estimates online spending by U.S. health-care and pharma companies will hit $1.52 billion in 2014.
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MEwens
Fresh eggs being laid at producers involved in the recall will be pasteurized and processed into liquid products and food.
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Katherine Hobson
DeLauro sends a letter to the FDA and USDA; Waxman and Stupak write to the two egg producers associated with the recall.
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MEwens
FDA head Margaret Hamburg also urged Congress to pass pending food-safety legislation.
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