Lipari Foods Recalls Ground Cumin Because of Possible Health Risk

Summary Company Announcement Date: April 20, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 20, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Spices, Flavors &  Salts Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Salmonella Company Name: Lipari Foods Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Lipari Foods Product Description: Product Description Ground cumin Company Announcement WARREN, Mich. – Lipari Foods has issued…

FDA D.I.S.C.O. Burst Edition: FDA approval of Zynyz (retifanlimab-dlwr) for metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma

Podcast Welcome back to the D.I.S.C.O., FDA’s Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology, Burst Edition, brought to you by FDA’s Division of Drug Information in partnership with FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence. Today we’ll provide a quick update on a recent FDA cancer drug approval. On March 22, 2023, the FDA granted accelerated approval to…

Trong Foods International Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in “Madras Curry Powder”

Summary Company Announcement Date: April 19, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 19, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Spices, Flavors &  Salts Allergens Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared peanuts Company Name: Trong Foods International Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Trong Foods International Product Description: Product Description Madras Curry Powder (CA RI NI AN DO “KIM…

Former Physician Associated with 1-800-GET-THIN Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Massive Fraud Against Health Insurers

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 18, 2023 LOS ANGELES – A former doctor has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for scheming to defraud private insurance companies and the Tricare health care program for U.S. military service members by fraudulently submitting nearly $120 million in claims…

Dakota Style Foods, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Pretzels

Summary Company Announcement Date: April 18, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 18, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared Milk Company Name: Dakota Style Foods, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Company Announcement The company has issued a correction to the previous announcement. Dakota Style Foods,…

Hy-Vee Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Pretzels

Summary Company Announcement Date: April 17, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 17, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared Milk Company Name: Hy-Vee Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Company Announcement HY-VEE is recalling its Hy-Vee Brand Honey Mustard Braided Pretzels, Hy-Vee Brand Dill Pickle Braided…

Washington Crab Recalls Blue Crab Dip 8 oz, Cocktail Sauce 8 oz, Cole Slaw 8 oz and 16 oz & Crabcake 2, 6 & 12 Count Packages Due to Undeclared Milk, Egg, Wheat, Fish & Soy Allergens

Summary Company Announcement Date: April 17, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 18, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Seafood/Seafood Product Allergens Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared egg, fish, milk, soy and wheat Company Name: Washington Crab & Seafood Company Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Washington Crab & Seafood Company Product Description: Product Description Crab…

USAO Hosts Training at Texas Medical Center on Cyberintrusion Safety Measures

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 14, 2023 HOUSTON – Executives and leaders of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) have learned about the dangers of cyberattacks by malicious actors like China, Russia and transnational criminals and how to tackle those attacks, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The U.S….

Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Felony for Selling Over $4.4 Million in Unapproved Steroid-Like Drugs

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Idaho FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 14, 2023 BOISE – Michael Terry Little, 51, of Nampa, pleaded guilty to introduction of unapproved new drugs in interstate commerce, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Little ran a business selling Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs).  Little primarily sold…