CDC issues warnings over salmonella risks

8 years ago

The CDC announced earlier this week that the latest salmonella outbreak is over. The outbreak affected ground beef in the…

Regulator focuses on tackling “food fraud”

8 years ago

Consumer fraud within the meat industry is something that rarely makes the news. The last major scandal was back in…

Could robots benefit consumers and farmers alike?

8 years ago

In Florida, a robot called Harv scuttles frantically around the fruit fields, scooping up strawberries with his 16 camera-guided fingers.…

San Fransisco proposes ban on the sale of e-cigarettes

8 years ago

As the FDA continues to investigate the safety of e-cigarettes, San Francisco has announced that it plans to ban them…

Calls for regulators to do more to protect consumers

8 years ago

According to the National Audit Office (NAO), four of the biggest consumer watchdogs in the UK aren’t doing enough to…

EPA bans methylene chloride in household products

8 years ago

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now announced a ban on any future sales of  products containing the chemical methylene…

Vitamin manufacturers critisised for “misleading” consumers

8 years ago

According to researchers at the universities of Oxford and Southampton, some children’s multivitamins being sold in the UK could contain…

FDA approves new drug for severe depression

8 years ago

The FDA has recently announced that it has approved the drug “esketamine”, which can be used in patients with depression…

FDA issues warning to CanaRX over “unapproved and misbranded drugs”

8 years ago

According to a FDA press release, a warning letter has been issued to Canadian medicine distributor CanaRX over the “introduction…

Legislation means doctors to prescribe Naloxone to patients at high risk of opioid overdose

8 years ago

According to the FDA, it’s estimated that two million people in the US are addicted to prescription painkillers, causing almost…