Category: FDA

What the Heck Is Potassium Sorbate? Demystifying Common ‘Chemical Sounding’ Food Ingredients

By Brooks Johnson From Star Tribune Late last year the maker of Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn was sued for putting mixed tocopherols in its “Naturals” line of microwave popcorn, which claims on the front of the package to have “Only Real Ingredients.” The preservatives, a form of vitamin E typically derived from vegetable oil, are used…


FDA Announces Recall of New Eye Products Over Deadly Bacteria

A drug manufacturer has recalled yet another over-the-counter eye product in the United States amid an outbreak of a rare, antibiotic-resistant bacterial outbreak that was initially linked to eye drops and artificial tears. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that Global Pharma adhered to the agency’s request to recall Delsam Pharma’s Artificial…


Will We Eat Bugs? A French Biotech Firm Thinks So

The edible insect industry is booming. And although the thought of eating bugs may be unappealing, insect protein is already being used for aquaculture, livestock feed, pet foods, and many products intended for human consumption. Insects are also being hailed as a possible solution to world hunger as increasing populations, and limited resources become a…


FDA Announces Recall of Blood Pressure Medication After Failed Lab Test

A blood pressure medication that is produced by Sun Pharmaceuticals is being voluntarily recalled, according to an “enforcement report” issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week. Sun Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling diltiazem hydrochloride in a 360-milligram dosage form across the United States, the FDA report said. Diltiazem hydrochloride is used to treat…


FDA Panel Weighs Moving Opioid Antidote Over the Counter

WASHINGTON—U.S. health advisers on Wednesday were weighing whether the overdose-reversal drug naloxone should be made available as an over-the-counter medication to help fight the national opioid crisis. A panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration will vote on the switch late Wednesday afternoon, following hours of presentations and discussions on whether untrained users…


FDA Advisors Recommend Opioid Treatment Narcan for Over-the-Counter Use

An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the opioid reversal nasal spray Narcan should become an over-the-counter drug. Narcan, or naxolone, is the most commonly sold medication to deal with opioid overdoses. Emergent BioSolutions Inc. submitted an application to the FDA late last year to allow it to sell generic…


FDA Announces Recall of Tens of Thousands of Unapproved COVID Test Kits

A recall was issued for more than 56,000 COVID-19 rapid tests last week because they were not distributed with the proper clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to an announcement posted on its website. Some 56,000 Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kits are being recalled by its maker, Universal Meditech Inc., because…


PREMIERING NOW: Aaron Siri (Part 2): How the Vaccine Paradigm Has Led to Medical Coercion and Conflicted Health Agencies

“I was always told that vaccines are safe. And if a product is safe, why do you need to give the manufacturer … essentially immunity to liability for the injuries that that product causes? Because if it’s safe, certainly in the way that our public health authorities project it safe to the public, there shouldn’t…


Aaron Siri (Part 2): How the Vaccine Paradigm Has Led to Medical Coercion and Conflicted Health Agencies

“I was always told that vaccines are safe. And if a product is safe, why do you need to give the manufacturer … essentially immunity to liability for the injuries that that product causes? Because if it’s safe, certainly in the way that our public health authorities project it safe to the public, there shouldn’t…


PREMIERING 2/11 at 7:30PM ET: Aaron Siri (Part 2): How the Vaccine Paradigm Has Led to Medical Coercion and Conflicted Health Agencies

“I was always told that vaccines are safe. And if a product is safe, why do you need to give the manufacturer … essentially immunity to liability for the injuries that that product causes? Because if it’s safe, certainly in the way that our public health authorities project it safe to the public, there shouldn’t…