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FDA commissioner suggests RFK Jr. and Trump might compromise an agency ‘at peak performance’
The agency’s ability to hire and retain skilled employees may be in jeopardy given Trump ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
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Risk of aspiration during surgery added to GLP-1 drug labels
The FDA updated GLP-1 drug labels to warn of the risk of patients breathing food into their lungs while under anesthesia for ...
CBS News6d
FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would seek to pull a widely used ingredient in cough and cold medicines from the market, after the agency's scientists concluded that ...
The Hill6d
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’
Kennedy Jr., who is slated to hold a potentially big role in a new Trump administration, said Wednesday there are “entire departments” within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that ...
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Fluoride, vaccines and food dye are part of RFK Jr.'s plan to 'Make America Healthy Again.' What do experts think?
And on Wednesday, Kennedy said he’d cut “entire departments” of the Food and Drug Administration. But what does that mean for the American people? Here’s what to know about the former ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Food, fluoride and funding: How a new Trump term might affect health in California
For example, if Kennedy makes changes to the Food and Drug Administration that weakens its ability to ensure foods and medicines are safe, “there’s not a whole lot California will be able to ...
FierceBiotech6d
Rapport's attempt to test epilepsy drug in nerve damage placed on hold by FDA
The FDA has placed a trial of Rapport Therapeutics’ epilepsy drug for a type of nerve pain on hold while the biotech tweaks ...
JD Supra5d
FDA's New Human Foods Program: Enhancing Post-Market Safety Assessments of Chemicals in Food
Food chemical safety is among Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") top priorities as it rolls out a new Human Foods Program, amid a flurry of federal and state legislation addressing food additive ...
Food Safety News1d
Food Safety News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention typically coordinates between 17 and 36 investigations of foodborne illnesses involving multiple states each week. A report is posted weekly, but ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here’s what he’s proposed
He promises to reinstitute an August 2020 executive order requiring that the Food and Drug Administration buy “essential” medications only from U.S. companies. He pledges to block purchases of ...
Politico5d
Ex-energy regulator says he offered Trump team plan to cut his old agency
Chatterjee told POLITICO that he gave the administration “background” on how the agency works, as well as advice on the parts of the agency it should preserve and which parts to target for cuts.
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Food & Recipes Resource Center
The USDA has simplified nutrition guidelines with its "MyPlate" campaign. MyPlate replaces the older Food Pyramid. Considering that salt is an ingredient in just about every type of processed food ...