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Gulf Seafood: Who Decides How Safe Is Safe?
By Andrew Schneider - AOL News(June 29) -- The shopper stood staring at the large, ice-covered shrimp in the chiller-case of the high-end Seattle grocery. "Fresh. Wild Gulf Shrimp. Never Frozen. $16.99 lb." read the sign. "They're my favorites, but are they safe?" the woman asked the fishmonger. Andrew Schneider Fresh gulf shrimp are for sale in a high-end Seattle grocery store. Although it's been tested thoroughly, questions about its safety remain. "We couldn't and wouldn't sell them if they weren't," he answered, and quickly added that someone is testing the hell out of everything coming from the gulf. He was ...
Feds Charge Duo With Smuggling Tainted Cheese
By Andrew Schneider - AOL News(April 26) -- Two Hondurans were arrested by federal agents today for allegedly importing more than 170,000 pounds of cheese contaminated with a dangerous bacteria that could quickly cause food poisoning if eaten. Special agents from the Food and Drug Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement charged Francisca Josefina Lopez and Jorge Alexis Ochoa Lopez with introducing four shipments of adulterated or tainted food products into interstate commerce. The cheese, valued at $322,000, was imported from Nicaragua between December and March, according to a statement by the ...
FDA Takes a Stand on Ear Candles
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Feb. 19) -- If you didn't already know, sticking a burning candle in your ear will probably create more health problems than it will solve. But if you're still indulging in the odd episode of ear candling, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning to set you straight. Not only is the process ineffective, the FDA warns, but ear candling can cause facial and inner-ear burns, bleeding, fires and can even -- ironically -- lead to the ear being blocked by excess wax. Getty Images The FDA has received complaints of burst eardrums, burns and severe blockages as a result of ear ...
Debate: Why a Ban on E-Cigs Would Be Wrong
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 17) -- The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to protect the public's health and safety. So why is it trying to block the sale of an electronic alternative to cigarettes that can save people's lives by simulating smoking without burning tobacco? Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine in a vapor composed mainly of the food additive propylene glycol. There's no question that inhaling this vapor is much safer than sucking combustion products into your lungs. Joel Nitzkin, who chairs the American Association of Public ...
White House Names Official to Improve Food Safety
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Obama administration has filled a new position at the Food and Drug Administration charged with overseeing the agency's nutrition programs and organizing its food safety system. Michael R. Taylor was appointed Wednesday as deputy commissioner for foods, the New York Times reported. Taylor has a long career in foods, having worked at the FDA, the Department of Agriculture, Monsanto and in academia. His biggest job will be uniting the nation's disjointed food safety network, which is split among 13 separate agencies that oversee emergencies like product recalls. Legislation expected to ...
Opinion: The FDA's Battle With Bogus Drug Claims
By Andrew Schneider - AOL News(Nov. 23) - We've all sat in front of the TV listening to an earnest-looking man in a white coat confiding in us that the new drug he holds will save – or at least markedly improve – our lives. In the back of our minds, we recalled something about government agencies protecting us from false advertising. When it comes to medication, that's one of the jobs of the Food and Drug Administration. It also seems like a nearly impossible task: In addition to mainstream pharmaceutical companies, there are now an estimated 16,000 cyber-pharmacies offering thousands of real and bogus wonder ...
Et Tu, Potatoes? Spud Is Among 'Riskiest' Foods
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWell, fellow WUppers, it looks like I may have to retire my fork and knife forever. First came Sunday's gruesome New York Times story detailing what happened to a young woman who ate a hamburger that was tainted with a virulent form of E. coli bacteria. On Tuesday, the food watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest hit us with its Top 10 list of the riskiest foods -- that is, foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration that accounted for the largest number of food-borne outbreaks since 1990. Are you ready? They are: leafy greens, eggs, tuna, oysters, potatoes, cheese, ...
Safety Standards Only Skin Deep on Cosmetics
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe next time you swipe a hint of color onto your lips, you might want to take a second look at the ingredients -- but what you're looking for may not be listed on the back of the box. The New York Times revisiting the issue of trace amounts of lead in lipstick sheds light on the troubling lack of regulation in the cosmetics industry. ...
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