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An unusual step? FDA files criminal case against supplement marketer...

2015-07-31 08:36:06| IT Services - Topix.net

The Department of Justice at FDA's behest has launched a criminal contempt action against a Montana dietary supplement marketer who continued selling misbranded supplements and unapproved drugs even after a civil contempt ruling. It's an unusual step, said one expert.

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FDA Accepts OPKO's New Drug Application For Rayaldee

2015-07-30 02:52:44| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles

OPKO Health, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review OPKO’s New Drug Application (NDA) for calcifediol modified-release capsules (proposed trade name, Rayaldee).

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ConAgra Foods: Trans-fat labeling is a matter for the FDA, not the courtsa

2015-07-28 07:37:41| Food - Topix.net

ConAgra Foods: "The FDA has affirmed PHO's lawful status as a food ingredient for at least the next three years..." ConAgra Foods has urged a California court to throw out a lawsuit* alleging it misled consumers with the '0g trans-fat' claim on its Crunch 'n Munch popcorn, and stressed that the FDA's recent decision to revoke the GRAS status of partially hydrogenated oils doesn't change anything. The claims in the lawsuit - one of a flurry of class actions filed by The Weston Firm against food companies making 0g trans-fat claims on products containing tiny amounts of partially hydrogenated oils - are pre-empted by federal food labeling laws, argued ConAgra Foods.

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FDA announces winners for Food Safety Challenge

2015-07-27 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the winners of the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge, which was aimed at developing methods for the speedy and efficient detection of salmonella.

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