Posts tagged fda

• Tylenol Recall Expands To Include Motrin, Benadryl, St. Joseph Aspirin, and Rolaids

  Mike Bryant | January 17, 2010 9:50 AM | 11 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The recall that I wrote about two weeks ago continues to expand. The recall now includes child and/or adult Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, St. Joseph Aspirin, Rolaids, and Simply Sleep. 54 million...

• Are Killing Pain Killers Better Than Chiropractic?

  Mike Bryant | July 30, 2009 9:54 AM | 11 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I am amazed when talk comes up at the legislature or with individual insurance claims about whether chiropractic should be paid under the no fault act. Usually it involves discussions about limiting...

• Hydroxycut Recalled By FDA

  Mike Bryant | May 14, 2009 3:37 PM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Hydroxycut the weight-loss supplement is recalling 14 products after reports of liver damage and one death linked to the product. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to immediately stop...

• Food Poisoning: Is There A Concern About Melamine For the United States?

  Mike Bryant | November 21, 2008 9:30 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For some time now, there has been concern in China about the inclusion of melamine in products. Melamine is a chemical used in making plastics and fertilizer. Recently it has been improperly used...

• Food Poisoning: Salmonella Tied To Dry Dog Food

  Mike Bryant | November 13, 2008 9:17 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a outbreak that goes back to 2006, over a hundred people have suffered from bacterial infections identified as salmonella. Most of the people have been infants and have been traced to dry dog...

• Hydroxycut Recall Is Another Example Of The FDA's Problems

  Mike Bryant | May 16, 2009 12:40 PM | 5 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  At the Injuryboard, many of the writers have discussed the horrid state of the FDA during the Bush Administration. The reality seems to be that there was either no oversight of products or there...

• Jennie-O Turkey Store Recalls 55,000 pounds of Turkey Burgers

  Mike Bryant | April 03, 2011 5:38 PM | 4 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The first week of April, the United States Food and Drug Administration and Jennie-O Turkey Store of Willmar, Mn., announced the recall of 55,000 pounds of frozen, raw turkey burgers because the...

• 5,000 Americans Die Of Food Poisoning Each Year

  Mike Bryant | April 24, 2009 9:55 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control released these startling numbers. They also found that each year, 325,000 require hospitalization. The numbers show that over the last couple of years, our...

• Nestle's Didn't Disclose Information To The FDA

  Mike Bryant | July 16, 2009 9:42 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Here at the Injuryboard, many of us have been following the recall of Nestle's Toll House refrigerated, prepackaged cookie dough. The associated E. coli outbreak has sickened 69 people in 29 states,...

• FDA Sights Concerns From 1-800-GET-THIN

  Mike Bryant | January 02, 2012 1:51 AM | 2 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Federal health officials have issued warnings to eight surgical centers in California and the advertising firm “1-800-GET-THIN” for misleading advertisements promoting Lap-Band...