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This story originally aired in April 2008. In this special edition of FDA PSN, we are repeating some of the most important safety issues that continue to pose a public health concern. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recently des...

This story originally aired in March 2008. In this special edition of FDA PSN, we are repeating some of the most important safety issues that continue to pose a public health concern. FDA is alerting healthcare professionals that severe bone, join...

This story originally aired in December 2007. In this special edition of FDA PSN, we are repeating some of the most important safety issues that continue to pose a public health concern. FDA is reminding healthcare practitioners about the importan...

This story originally aired in October 2007. In this special edition of FDA PSN, we are repeating some of the most important safety issues that continue to pose a public health concern. A recent FDA article in the publication "Safe Practices in Pa...

This story originally aired in September 2007. In this special edition of FDA PSN, we are repeating some of the most important safety issues that continue to pose a public health concern. A recent report from the Institute for Safe Medication Prac...

This story originally aired in January 2008. In this special edition of FDA PSN, we are repeating some of the most important safety issues that continue to pose a public health concern. A recent FDA article in the journal Nursing2007 alerts health...

The FDA has lifted its advice to consumers to avoid eating jalapeno and Serrano peppers grown, harvested or packed in Mexico.

Reason for Recall: The mobile oxygen storage tank?s pressure gauge may rupture and the device may catch fire as a result of hydraulic fluid present in the pressure gauge tubing.

In early 2007, FDA became aware of reports of elevated lead levels in certain vitamins, which became an issue of concern to FDA, Congress, and the public. This survey was conducted to determine the content of lead (Pb) in vitamins labeled for women and children.

FDA is now offering a Spanish version of its web-based training module, "ALERT: Food Defense Awareness".

The FDA announced a final rule today amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the control of foodborne pathogens and extension of shelf-life in fresh iceberg lettuce and fresh spinach. FDA has determined that this use will not adversely affect the safety of the food.

• Final Rule (73 FR 49593) August 22, 2008

T-Spot.TB is a laboratory test kit which contains reagents to detect the immune response of Thymus cells (T cells) found in an individual?s white blood cells that are stimulated by proteins produced by the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB).

The FDA is Warning consumers against eating certain frozen cooked mussel products made by Bantry Bay Seafoods, imported from Ireland, because they may be contaminated with azaspiracid toxins, a group of naturally occurring marine toxins known to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps.

The FDA is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) that amended the regulation authorizing a health claim on soluble fiber from certain foods and risk of coronary heart disease, to add barley betafiber as an additional eligible source of beta-glucan soluble fiber.

The tip of the stent delivery system may detach from the delivery system during the procedure. This could lead to increased procedure time, cause vessel wall injury, stroke and/or emergency surgery to remove the detached tip. Recall does not affect...

FDA has scheduled a public hearing on allergen advisory labeling on September 16, 2008. Formal notice of the Hearing published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2008.

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FDA is advising retail and foodservice operations to be aware that raw oysters shipped in containers bearing a "For Cooking Only" label may have a greater ikelihood of containing harmful levels of the Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) bacterium, which may cause illness, than do raw oysters not labeled in this manner.

FDA is currently asking retailers and food service operators to respond immediately to remove and secure for disposal fresh (raw) jalapeno and serrano peppers grown, harvested or packed in Mexico, making sure that all such peppers are not inadvertently made available for use, purchase, salvage or donation and therefore preventing any possibility for human or animal consumption.

Special survey on pesticide residues found in domestic and imported ginseng dietary supplement products.