Daily Harvest Issues Voluntary Recall of French Lentil + Leek Crumbles Due to Potential Health Risk

Summary Company Announcement Date: June 23, 2022 FDA Publish Date: June 23, 2022 Product Type: Food & Beverages Vegetable Protein Product Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Gastrointestinal illness and potential liver function issues Company Name: Daily Harvest Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Daily Harvest Product Description: Product Description French Lentil + Leek Crumbles…

Two Additional South Florida Residents Charged in Elaborate Prescription Medication Diversion Scheme

Department of JusticeSouthern District of Florida  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 17, 2022 Miami, Florida – Federal prosecutors in Miami have charged two additional men, 51-year-old Lazaro Hernandez and 37-year-old Eladio Vega, for their alleged roles in a widespread fraud scheme involving the distribution of adulterated and misbranded cancer, HIV, psychiatric, and other expensive prescription medications to…

Vi-Jon, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of CVS Magnesium Citrate Saline Laxative Oral Solution Lemon Flavor Due to Microbial Contamination

Summary Company Announcement Date: June 22, 2022 FDA Publish Date: June 22, 2022 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Microbial contamination with Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens Company Name: Vi-Jon, LLC Brand Name: Brand Name(s) CVS Health Product Description: Product Description Magnesium Citrate Saline Laxative Oral Solution, Lemon Flavor Company Announcement June 21, 2022 –…

Deskins Candies Recalls Peanut Butter Fudge, Peanut Butter No Bake, Chocolate No Bake, and Peanut Butter Pinwheel Because of Possible Health Risk

Summary Company Announcement Date: June 21, 2022 FDA Publish Date: June 21, 2022 Product Type: Food & Beverages Peanut Butter Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Potential Salmonella Contamination Company Name: Deskins Candies Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Deskins Candies Product Description: Product Description Several Candies Company Announcement Deskins Candies of Bluefield, WV is…

FDA Alerts Providers and Patients to Check for Premature Battery Depletion in Certain Medtronic Pacemakers: FDA Safety Communication (UNPUBLISHED)

Date Issued: May 7, 2019 Audience: Patients with a Medtronic pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker (CRT-P) Caregivers of patients with a Medtronic pacemaker or CRT-P Cardiologists, electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons, and primary care physicians treating patients with heart failure or heart rhythm problems using a Medtronic pacemaker or CRT-P Medical Specialties: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic…

Freshpet Voluntarily Recalls One Lot of Freshpet Select Fresh from the Kitchen Home Cooked Chicken Recipe 4.5-Pound Bags Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

Summary Company Announcement Date: June 17, 2022 FDA Publish Date: June 18, 2022 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Potential Salmonella contamination Company Name: Freshpet Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Freshpet Select Fresh From the Kitchen Home Cooked Chicken Recipe Company Announcement Freshpet Inc. is announcing…

FDA D.I.S.C.O. Burst Edition: FDA approval of Tibsovo (ivosidenib) in combination with azacitidine for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia with a susceptible IDH1 mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test in adults 75 years or older, or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction chemotherapy

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 another quick update on a recent FDA cancer drug approval. On May 25, 2022, the FDA approved ivosidenib (brand name…

Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Patients’ Pain Medication

Department of JusticeWestern District of Michigan  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 26, 2022 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Alison Renee Marshall, 45, of Sturgis, Michigan, pled guilty in the United States District Court in Lansing, Michigan, to a charge of tampering with a consumer product, specifically vials of liquid fentanyl at…