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You may not be seeing these labels on food products much longer. The Smart Choices labeling program has been voluntarily halted after the FDA said it could be misleading.
Tags: cereals, Cocoa Krispies, FDA, Food & Nutrition, Froot Loops, labels, sugar
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Three new prescription diet drugs are in the final stages of development. The Food and Drug Administration has yet to review the drugs before deciding whether to approve them, so it will be at least one year before they hit the market, if they get the green light from the FDA.
Tags: diet drugs, FDA, obesity
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Okay, remember my shock when I saw that the new Smart Choices nutrition labels on sugary cereals? Well, now the FDA is on it. The agency sent out this letter to food manufacturers, saying there are too many Front-of-Package (FOP) labeling programs which all have different nutritional criteria and can be misleading.
Tags: cereals, FDA, Food [...]
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The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports of liver damage in patients taking the over-the-counter weight loss drug, Alli, and its prescription equivalent, Xenical.
Tags: Alli, FDA, liver damage, pills, weight loss drugs, Xenical
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An experimental drug for weight loss looks promising so far. Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. says research shows its obesity drug, Contrave, helps patients lose weight, lowers the fat around the waist, and improves levels of “good” HDL cholesterol. Orexigen says Contrave also reduces food cravings and lets patients have better control of their eating. The company [...]
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You may think bottled water is purer and safer to drink than plain old H2O, but a new report finds it’s actually less regulated than tap water. The report also shows the Food and Drug Administration has little power to regulate the safety of bottled water, and says states that can regulate it focus more [...]
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Last month, it was ground beef. Just before that, it was peanut products. Now it’s cookie dough. Another recall because the food may make us sick.
Tags: cookie dough, cookies, e coli, FDA, Food & Nutrition, Nestle, recall
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The maker of Cheerios got a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA says General Mills has made inappropriate claims about how the popular cereal can lower cholesterol and treat heart disease. General Mills says the health claims on Cheerios have been approved for 12 years and the FDA’s complaints are about [...]
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The Food and Drug Administration warns consumers to stop taking Hydroxycut immediately. The weight-loss supplements have been recalled after 23 reports of liver problems and one death.
Tags: FDA, food and drug administration, Hydroxycut, recall, weight loss supplements
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Yes, there’s yet another salmonella problem – this time in alfalfa sprouts. The Food and Drug Administration is warning us not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated with salmonella. The FDA says the contamination seems to be in the seeds. So far, 31 people have gotten sick in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, [...]
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