Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
U.
S. drug regulators chided a Johnson & Johnson unit for not reporting or investigating customer complaints about O.B. Tampons or personal lubricants similar to K-Y Jelly.The Food and Drug Administration said the unit, McNeil-PPC Inc, did not properly follow up on complaints that included toxic shock syndrome from using the tampon, according to a warning letter posted on the FDA's website on Tuesday.The company also did not investigate some complaints about the personal lubricant K-Y Liquibeads Vaginal Moisturizer, which in fact it never got permission to sell, the FDA said in the letter dated May 22.J&J has recalled hundreds of millions of bottles and packages of its over-the-counter medicines in the past few years, such as the painkillers Tylenol and Motrin, due to quality lapses at its factories.The FDA said McNeil-PPC never told regulators it planned to sell the K-Y Liquibeads, and made substantial changes to the lubricant compared with previous, similar products without getting pe...Police across Europe have seized almost 300,000 doses of counterfeit anti-impotence and weight-loss medicines, highlighting the prevalence of fake drugs in the regio...
Dutch authorities said 42,700 turkeys have been culled at a farm in the south of the country after a mild variant of the H7 bird flu strain was reported over the wee...
Gerber has recalled infant formula due to complaints of foul odor and gastrointestinal problems, according to the Food and Drug Administration .“Gerber notified the ...
Your dentist may recommend you use an electric toothbrush, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers of some potential hazards.Some people who u...
Health regulators on Friday detained nine shipments of orange juice from Brazil and Canada that contained traces of an illegal fungicide, and rejected industry calls...
Glenmark Generics is issuing a nationwide recall of seven lots of birth control pills. The pills are labeled "norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets."Because of ...
Cola-Cola Co. said Wednesday it found an unapproved fungicide in orange juice made by Coke and its competitors, and alerted federal regulators that some Brazilian gr...
PepsiCo is fighting a lawsuit filed by an Illinois man who claims he found a dead mouse in his can of Mountain Dew—by arguing the soda would have dissolved the mouse...
A CVS store in Chatham, N.J. accidentally mixed up fluoride tablets for children with tamoxifen, a breast cancer drug, My Fox New York reported.The mistake could aff...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is testing orange juice for a fungicide and says it will order the product removed from the market if it poses a public hea...
Kradjian Importing Co is recalling 231 cases of Canadian cheese because they could be contaminated with listeria, the Glendale, Calif., company said.Kradjian is reca...
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday three additional shipments of imported orange juice tested positive for a fungicide not approved for use on oranges in...
New research suggests a sometimes-lethal problem with a St. Jude Medical Inc. heart device could be widespread, though the full scope of the issue remains unknown.Th...
Salinas lettuce grower has voluntarily recalled certain bagged salads after routine sampling detected listeria contamination.The contaminated packages of shredded ic...
Pfizer Inc. has recalled more than 650,000 bottles of Advil pain-relief medicine due to the potential for a strong odor in the product.New York-based Pfizer issued t...
U.S. health officials warned on Thursday about the sometimes deadly effect of overexposure to fentanyl painkiller patches, particularly for small children, saying at...
Diamond Pet Foods has expanded a recall of its dry dog food, taking precautionary steps after several of its brands were linked to an outbreak of a rare strain of sa...
A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has si...
Almost 17,000 pounds of beef patties have been recalled by a Seattle company amid concerns the meat -- distributed in the western US -- is contaminated with a potent...
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