Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, March 28, 2019 PITTSBURGH – A resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and a resident of Point Roberts, Washington have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, United States Attorney…
Abbott Laboratories Recalls Calcilo XD® Infant Formula
Summary Company Announcement Date: September 17, 2019 FDA Publish Date: September 17, 2019 Product Type: Food & BeveragesBaby Food Product Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Inconsistency in aroma and color Company Name: Abbott Laboratories Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Calcilo XD® Infant Formula Company Announcement Out of an abundance of caution,…
Blue Bell Ice Cream Recalls a Select Lot of Butter Crunch Half Gallons for Possible Foreign Object
Summary Company Announcement Date: October 08, 2019 FDA Publish Date: October 09, 2019 Product Type: Food & BeveragesIce Cream/Frozen Dairy Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Foreign object Company Name: Blue Bell Ice Cream Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Butter Crunch Ice Cream Company Announcement Blue Bell Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling…
ICU Medical Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain Lots of Plum and Sapphire Microbore Infusion Sets with Inline Filters
Summary Company Announcement Date: October 04, 2019 FDA Publish Date: October 08, 2019 Product Type: Medical Devices Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Potential for small amounts of fluid leaking out of the air vents on the inline filters Company Name: ICU Medical, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Plum and Sapphire Product Description: Product Description…
Help the FDA Prevent Kids from Using Tobacco
Help keep kids smiling—and tobacco-free. Report tobacco sales violations to the FDA. Español Because teens’ brains are still developing, it may be easier for them to become addicted to nicotine. In fact, as little as one cigarette a month is all it takes for some teens to become addicted, so it’s important to keep tobacco…
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Illegally Distributing Anabolic Steroids and Other Misbranded Drugs
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 29, 2019 Admitted Mailing the Drugs from Nevada to Maryland, Knowing that the Drugs Were Misbranded Greenbelt, Maryland – George Sambuca, age 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly of Henderson, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to distribution of anabolic steroids and to introduction of misbranded drugs into…
Middlesex County Couple Charged with Selling Misbranded and Unapproved New Drugs and Running Drug Manufacturing Facility in Their Basement
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, July 8, 2019 NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, husband and wife were indicted today in connection with a scheme to market and distribute misbranded drugs and unapproved new drugs and manufacture drugs in an unregistered facility, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Keith…
Hermitage Man Sentenced for Importing and Selling Drugs Not Approved by FDA
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, October 7, 2019 PITTSBURGH – A resident of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 3 years of probation on his conviction of a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Senior United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose…
Orange County Man Sentenced to 17½ Years in Federal Prison for Selling Counterfeit Opioid Pills Laced with Fentanyl
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeCentral District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, August 26, 2019 SANTA ANA, California – A Santa Ana man who admitted his role in a scheme that used fentanyl and other synthetic opioids to manufacture and sell counterfeit pharmaceutical pills designed to look like brand-name oxycodone pills was sentenced this morning to 210…
Paramedic Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Fentanyl and Ketamine Vials
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Oklahoma FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, June 3, 2019 OKLAHOMA CITY – COLIN ANDREW DAVIS, 33, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to tampering with fentanyl and ketamine vials while working as a paramedic for an emergency air evacuation company, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. On April 30,…