Summary Company Announcement Date: December 04, 2018 FDA Publish Date: June 06, 2019 Reason for Announcement: Company Name: Chukar Cherries Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Chukar Cherries Product Description: Product Description Ultra Dark Chocolate products Company Announcement December 4, 2018 – Chukar Cherries of Prosser, WA expands a recall on Ultra Dark Chocolate product because it…
Seggiano USA, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Tree Nuts
Summary Company Announcement Date: February 22, 2018 FDA Publish Date: June 06, 2019 Product Type: Food & BeveragesAllergensFood & Beverage Safety Reason for Announcement: Company Name: Seggiano USA, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Kale Pesto Company Announcement Seggiano USA, Inc. of Cheyenne, WY is voluntarily recalling Tuscan Kale Pesto mislabeled with…
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: FDA approval of Cablivi for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
FDA medical oncologists discuss the February 6, 2019, approval of caplacizumab-yhdp for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP), in combination with plasma exchange and immunosuppressive therapy. Dr. Abhi Nair: Welcome back to the DISCO, FDA’s Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology from the Oncology Center of Excellence. We are based in Silver Spring, MD and during…
Confused by Date Labels on Packaged Foods?
Image CaptionThe phrase “Best if Used By” helps clarify that the date label is about quality, not safety, and that if stored properly, products do not necessarily have to be discarded after the date. Español Between the food industry and consumers, Americans are throwing out about a third of our food — about $161 billion…
E-cigarette: Safety Communication – Related to Seizures Reported Following E-cigarette Use, Particularly in Youth and Young Adults
[Posted 04/03/2019] AUDIENCE: Consumers, Emergency Medicine, Health Professionals ISSUE: The FDA has become aware that some people who use e-cigarettes have experienced seizures, with most reports involving youth or young adult users. Seizures or convulsions are known potential side effects of nicotine toxicity and have been reported in the scientific literature in relation to intentional…
January 9, 2019: Owner of Seafood Company Sentenced to Prison for Blue Crab Scam
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The owner of a Newport News seafood business was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and fined $15,000 for conspiring to commit Lacy Act violations for blending foreign crab meat with Atlantic blue crab meat, then labeling the blended crab meat…
October 1, 2018: AmerisourceBergen Corp. to Pay $625 Million to Settle Civil Fraud Allegations Resulting from Its Repackaging and Sale of Adulterated Drugs and Unapproved New Drugs, Double Billing and Providing Kickbacks
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Settlement Resolves Federal and State False Claims Act Claims Arising from ABC’s Operation of a Sham Pharmacy that Illegally Repackaged Injectable Drugs Under Insanitary Conditions to Profit from Overfill AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC), one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug companies, and its subsidiaries AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group…
March 30, 2018: Lynn Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Role in Counterfeit Steroid Conspiracy
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations BOSTON – A Lynn man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to traffic counterfeit steroids, including testosterone and trenbolone, to customers across the country. Philip Goodwin, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to…
March 30, 2018: KC Paramedic Indicted for Stealing Fentanyl, Morphine from Ambulances
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., Fire Department paramedic has been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing fentanyl and morphine from ambulances and replacing fentanyl with another substance. Michael L. Fostich, 36, of Kansas City, Mo., was charged in a two-count indictment…
March 30, 2018: Counterfeit Cigarette Smuggler Sentenced to Prison
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations Benjamin G. Greenberg. United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Justin D. Green, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), Miami Field Office, made the announcement. Flores previously pled guilty to participating in a…