Sauer Brands, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Certain The Spice Hunter Products Because of Potential Salmonella Contamination

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 12, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 12, 2020 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Salmonella Company Name: Sauer Brands, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) The Spice Hunter Product Description: Product Description Spices and blends Company Announcement Sauer Brands, Inc. is voluntarily recalling The Spice Hunter…

B&G Foods Issues Voluntary Allergy Alert for a Limited Number of Boxes of Back to Nature® Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers Containing Peanut Butter Cookies

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 09, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 09, 2020 Product Type: Food & Beverages Snack Food Item Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Undeclared peanut Company Name: B&G Foods Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Back to Nature Product Description: Product Description Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers Company Announcement B&G…

Sunshine Mills, Inc. Expands Previously Announced Voluntary Recall of Certain Pet Food Products Due to Potentially Elevated Levels of Aflatoxin

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 08, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 08, 2020 Product Type: Animal & VeterinaryFood & Beverages Pet Food Ingredients Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description May Contain Aflatoxin Company Name: Sunshine Mills, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Champ, Field Trial, Good Dog, and Others Product Description: Product Description Company Announcement Sunshine…

Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Diversion

Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, October 2, 2020 BOSTON – A Dighton registered nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug tampering. Marietta Strickland, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance oxycodone, which is used for pain relief….

Meijer Recalls Whole Cantaloupes and Select Cut Cantaloupe Trays Due to Potential Health Risk

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 07, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 07, 2020 Product Type: Food & Beverages Fruit/Fruit Product Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Salmonella Company Name: Meijer Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Kandy Brand, Meijer Brand Product Description: Product Description Whole Cantaloupe, Select Cut Cantaloupe Fruit Trays & Bowls Company Announcement…

Recommendations on Providing Clear Instructions to Patients Who Self-Collect an Anterior Nares (Nasal) Sample in a Health Care Setting for SARS-CoV-2 Testing – Letter to Health Care Providers

October 7, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that health care providers give clear, step-by-step instructions to patients who, in a health care setting, are self-collecting anterior nares (nasal) samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing. Without proper instructions, patients may not collect an adequate sample for testing, which may decrease the sensitivity of the…

Marksans Pharma Limited Issues Expansion of Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, USP 500mg & 750mg, Due to the Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 02, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 05, 2020 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Due to the Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Impurity Company Name: Marksans Pharma Limited Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Time-Cap Labs Inc. Product Description: Product Description Metformin Hydrochloride for Extended-Release Tablets, USP 500 mg and…

Seneca Recalls Cinnamon Apple Chips Because of Possible Health Risk

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 02, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 05, 2020 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Possible Salmonella contamination Company Name: Seneca Snack Company Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Seneca, Clancy’s Product Description: Product Description Seneca Cinnamon Apple Chips and Clancy’s Cinnamon Apple Chips Company Announcement Seneca Snack…

Country Fresh Expands Voluntary Recall

Summary Company Announcement Date: October 03, 2020 FDA Publish Date: October 03, 2020 Product Type: Food & Beverages Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes Company Name: Country Fresh Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Cut or sliced apples, grapes, mangoes, pineapples, and cantaloupe Company Announcement Country…

Es un buen momento para vacunarse contra la influenza

Image English Aunque los Estados Unidos sigue centrado en la pandemia del COVID-19, también necesitamos ser conscientes de la temporada de la influenza a medida que nos acercamos al invierno. Los virus de la influenza (gripe) generalmente se propagan en otoño e invierno, y su actividad alcanza su punto máximo entre diciembre y febrero. Vacunarse…