The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating an imported shipment of rice protein concentrate which has been found to contain melamine. The rice protein concentrate may have been used as an ingredient in some pet foods.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Worldwide Fish & Seafood, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, (doing business as Coastal Seafood) a seafood processor and three of its officers have entered into a consent decree of permanent injunction due to violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The Blue Buffalo Company announced a voluntary recall of one production run of its Spa Select Kitten dry food.
Wilbur-Ellis Company is voluntarily recalling all lots of the rice protein concentrate the San Francisco company’s Feed Division has shipped to pet-food manufacturers because of a risk that rice protein concentrate may have been contaminated by melamine, an industrial chemical used to make plastics and fertilizers that can lead to illness or fatalities in animals if consumed.
Jen-On Herbal Science International, Inc. 205 Russell St., City of Industry, CA 91744, announced that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of the company’s supplement product sold under the name H S Joy of Love.
Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food only, regardless of date codes.
As the world consumes more seafood, with an increasing proportion of it farmed in captivity, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that it is working to create a new international standard to certify the safety and harvesting of fish.
A survey of restaurant and food establishment personnel reveals that for food-allergic consumers, dining out may be a greater risk than they realize.
Merck announced the Company has submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for GARDASIL? [Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine] to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update the labeling for GARDASIL, the cervical cancer vaccine.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care professionals and consumers to the availability of audio broadcasts that provide emerging drug safety information.