Summary Company Announcement Date: April 13, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 13, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared milk Company Name: Rico Perez Products, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Dr. Rico Perez Product Description: Product Description Super Kids Colostrum, Dietary Supplement Company Announcement April 13, 2023, Rico Perez…
All Opioid Pain Medicines: Drug Safety Communication – FDA Updates Prescribing Information to Provide Additional Guidance for Safe Use
[Posted 04/13/2023] AUDIENCE: Patient, Health Professional, Pain Management, Pharmacy, Caregivers ISSUE: The FDA is requiring several updates to the prescribing information for both immediate-release (IR) and extended release/long acting (ER/LA) opioid pain medicines. This includes stating for all opioid pain that the risk of overdose increases as the dose increases. The updates to IR opioids state these…
Former Emergency Department Nurse Sentenced to 3 Years After Stealing Pain Medication and Injecting Patients with Saline
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Indiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, April 12, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS- Jennifer L. Adams, 38, of Whitestown, has been sentenced to 3 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to tampering with consumer products. According to court documents, from October 1, 2018, to February 18, 2020, Jennifer Adams repeatedly tampered with…
Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with a Consumer Product
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 13, 2023 MIAMI – Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, has pled guilty in federal district court in Fort Pierce to tampering with a consumer product. From approximately February 28 to April 18, 2022, Dunton, a Florida licensed Registered Nurse (RN), worked at an outpatient…
Understanding the Regulatory Terminology of Potential Preventative and Therapeutic Drugs for COVID-19
Image Español 简体中文 한국어 Tagalog Việt Scientists continue to work on developing potential drugs for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The language used to describe potential drugs can be confusing. Here’s what some of those terms mean. What “FDA Approved” Means Consumers rely on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to…
Wellness Natural USA Inc. Expands Allergy Alert on Undeclared Cashews in SimplyProtein® Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bars
Summary Company Announcement Date: April 11, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 12, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared tree nuts (cashew) Company Name: Wellness Natural USA Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) SimplyProtein Product Description: Product Description Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bar Company Announcement Wilmington, DE, April 11, 2023…
Wismettac Asian Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Fish (Skipjack Tuna) in Udon Noodle
Summary Company Announcement Date: April 12, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 12, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared fish Company Name: Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Ajhei Sanuki Udon Noodle Company Announcement Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA is…
Risk of Protection Failure with Certain O&M Halyard Surgical N95 Respirators, Surgical Masks, and Pediatric Face Masks: FDA Safety Communication
Date Issued: April 12, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending consumers, health care providers, and facilities to not use certain surgical N95 respirators manufactured by O&M Halyard, and to use caution with certain surgical masks and pediatric face masks manufactured by O&M Halyard. The FDA is aware of laboratory test results…
Suburban Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Patient Medications
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 11, 2023 CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago nurse has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of tampering with a consumer product. SARAH DIAMOND, 30, of Woodstock was employed as the Assistant Director of Nursing at a Chicago-area medical rehabilitation center…
Meijer Recalls Select Premade Salads Due to Potential Health Risk
Summary Company Announcement Date: April 07, 2023 FDA Publish Date: April 10, 2023 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination Company Name: Meijer Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Fresh From Meijer Product Description: Product Description Premade Salads Company Announcement GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 7, 2023 — Meijer, in…