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Adding Folic Acid to Corn Masa Flour May Prevent Birth Defects
En Español Get Consumer Updates by E-mail If you’re a Latina who’s expecting a baby, your diet may be missing a key ingredient believed to help prevent certain kinds of birth defects. That ingredient? Folic acid, which has long been used to fortify, or strengthen, certain enriched grains. However, as…
Public Notification: X-treme Beauty Slim Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient
FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that X-treme Beauty Slim contains sibutramine. Sibutramine is a controlled substance that was removed from the market in October 2010 for safety reasons. The product poses a threat to consumers because sibutramine is known to substantially increase blood pressure and/or pulse rate in some people and may present a significant risk…
January 11, 2017: Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Tampering
Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations BOSTON – A Worcester nurse pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with stealing painkillers from the nursing home where she worked and attempting to conceal her crime by replacing the medication with saline. Lea Roberge, 32, pleaded guilty to…
Ibuprofen Lysine Injection, 20 mg /2 mL (10 mg/mL) by Exela Pharma Sciences: Recall – Particulate Matter
[Posted 02/09/2017] AUDIENCE: Pediatrics, Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine ISSUE: Exela Pharma Sciences, in association with marketer X-Gen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is voluntarily recalling lot number PLND1613 of Ibuprofen Lysine Injection, 20 mg /2 mL (10 mg/mL), vials to the hospital or user level. Some of the vials have been found to…
Allergen Alert Expansion: Legendary Baking Issues Allergy Alert – Almonds And Egg In Salted Caramel Chocolate Almond Pie – Allergens Not Declared In Ingredient List
Legendary Baking of Denver, CO, has expanded its recall of 34 ounce packages of Private Selection Salted Caramel Chocolate Almond Pie because the almonds and eggs were not listed in the ingredient statement. People who have allergies to almonds and eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
Lipari Foods Issues Voluntary Recall of Various Bulk and Retail Cheese Products Due to Possible Health Risk
Lipari Foods, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of various bulk and retail cheeses manufactured by Deutsch Kase Haus due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals…
FDA Encourages More Participation, Diversity in Clinical Trials
En Español Get Consumer Updates by E-mail Clinical trials are voluntary human research studies designed to answer specific questions about the safety and effectiveness of drugs, vaccines, devices, and other therapies—or to study new ways of using existing treatments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not ordinarily conduct clinical…
Public Notification: Lean Extreme Max Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient
FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Lean Extreme Max contains sibutramine. Sibutramine is a controlled substance that was removed from the market in October 2010 for safety reasons. The product poses a threat to consumers because sibutramine is known to substantially increase blood pressure and/or pulse rate in some people and may present a significant risk…
Alaris Syringe Pump Module (Large Volume Pump), Model 8100 and AIL Sensor Kits by CareFusion: Class I Recall – Alarm Error
[Posted 02/09/2017] AUDIENCE: Risk Manager, Nursing ISSUE: CareFusion is recalling the Alaris Syringe Pump because of a faulty Air-In-Line (AIL) sensor which may generate a false alarm, and cause the syringe pump to stop supplying the infusion to the patient. If the AIL sensor is faulty, the false alarm may…