January 12, 2017: Baxter Healthcare Corporation to Pay More than $18 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Liability Relating to Sterile Products

    Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations   Company Failed to Follow Good Manufacturing Practices in North Carolina Facility   Healthcare company Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Baxter) has agreed to pay $18.158 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from Baxter’s failure to follow current Good Manufacturing…

Ditos Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Soy in Heart Plastic Platter Strawberries W/Dip with Chocolate Frosting and Heart Plastic Platter Mixed Fruit W/Dip with Chocolate Frosting

DITOS of Anchorage, Alaska is recalling 50 cases of Heart Plastic Platter Strawberries w/ Dip with Chocolate Frosting 32oz, and 30 cases of Heart Plastic Platter Mixed Fruit w/ Dip with Chocolate Frosting 40oz, because it contains undeclared soy and milk. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy and/or milk run the…

Yoke’s Fresh Market Issues Voluntary Cheese Recall

Out of an abundance of caution and with an emphasis on customers’ wellness and safety, Yoke’s Fresh Market is proactively recalling two types of Colby cheese due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. It is important to note that no illnesses have been reported to date. The affected products were manufactured by Guggisberg Cheese,…

Help Keep a Sick Child Safe: Learn How to Use a Hospital Crib

En Español Get Consumer Updates by email. As any parent whose baby has spent some time in the hospital knows, all cribs are not created equal. In most cases, hospital cribs (also called pediatric medical cribs) differ significantly from what’s in your child’s bedroom at home. “Each type of crib…

Public Notification: Goldreallas XXX Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient

[2-2-2017] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Goldreallas XXX, a product promoted and sold for sexual enhancement on various Web sites, including www.groupon.com, and possibly in some retail stores. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Goldreallas XXX contains sildenafil, the active ingredient…

January 13, 2017: Paramedic Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Drugs

TULSA, Okla.— Sara Nicole Hogsett, 26, plead guilty to Tampering with Consumer Products, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.  United States District Court Judge James H. Payne will sentence Hogsett on April 26, 2017.    From April 2016 to May 2016, Hogsett, a paramedic, took pain medication:…

Versa Marketing, Inc. Recalls Fusia Szechuan Stir Fry Because of Possible Health Risk

Versa Marketing Inc. of Fresno, CA is recalling 4,089 cases of Fusia Szechuan Stir fry because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, 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 may suffer only…