The past Thursday, the Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Coca-Cola Co. over what it calls “deceptive” claims about VitaminWater. Glacéau Vitaminwater...
For a while there has been discussions in Washington about why there is both a Agriculture Department which inspects about 20 percent of the food supply (meat and poultry), and the Food and Drug...
In a blog this week , Bert Rein, a founding partner of Wiley Rein, LLP and a attorney representing Wyeth in the pending Wyeth v. Levine appeal in the Supreme Court came out with the rally cry for...
For some time, the members of the Injuryboard have been looking at the problems with the FDA. There have also been many posts about the relationship with Pharmaceutical companies and the issues that...
Diet ideas and plans are all over the place. While some don't work, others simply can be unhealthy. Vicki Huber Rudawsky a former Olympic runner pointed out a couple :
The Raw Food Diet: Some...
This past week, the FDA issued a press release warning that Diet Coke Plus doesn't contain enough nutrients to qualify for use of the word plus. Foods may use that name only if they contain have at...
This past week, the FDA issued a warning that there is a group of diet pills being sold nationwide, as well as over the internet, that are now considered unsafe. The products are unsafe because they...
Due to safety issues involving the blood thinner heparin, food, and other products imported from China has put pressure on the FDA to boost its international presence. The FDA will open offices in...
After years of lax over site and clear evidence the present administration has planned to use the FDA to preempt state statues, the election of Barak Obama is a good thing for consumers. The simple...
In a report released this week by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform evidence seems clear that senior FDA official opposed the plans of the Bush administration to rewrite...