FDA Issues Highest Risk Warning for Chocolate Recall
A recall of chocolate truffles in 13 states due to potential undeclared allergens has been issued the highest risk warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Kilwins Quality Confections, LLC., based in Michigan, issued a voluntary recall for various Mocha Truffles products on June 25 due to the possible presence of undeclared pecans. […]
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FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics’ investigational gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular dystrophy following three patient deaths potentially linked to the company’s treatments. The agency announced the action on Friday, citing serious safety concerns and “unreasonable and significant risk” to study participants. The […]
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Publix Food Recall Update as FDA Issues Arsenic Warning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified a Publix recall of a popular baby food item as a Class II recall, citing elevated levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic in the product. The affected item, the “Greenwise Pear Kiwi Spinach & Pea Baby Food Pouch,” was distributed across eight Southern states. Newsweek has […]
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Nut Recall Update as FDA Issues Highest Risk Warning
The recall of a mislabeled nut product distributed in two U.S. states has been updated by the Food and Drug Administration as Class I, the most serious FDA classification, due to the risk of severe and potentially deadly allergic reactions in some consumers. Trophy Nut Company of Tipp City, Ohio, initiated a voluntary recall on […]
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Candy Recall Update as FDA Sets Risk Level
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified a Dinstuhl’s Fine Candy Company Inc. voluntary recall, that was initiated after undeclared allergens were found in several candy products. The Tennessee-based candy manufacturer started the recall after finding that milk was in three of its confections without the allergen being labeled on the products’ descriptions. Newsweek […]
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