Can new FDA graphic warning labels for tobacco pass a first amendment legal...
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes new graphic warning labels for tobacco products, they can survive a First Amendment challenge if they depict health consequences and their...
View ArticleFDA warns of rare skin reactions to acetaminophen
(HealthDay)—The widely used painkiller acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol, can cause rare but serious skin reactions and a warning about this danger will be added to product labels, the U.S. Food and...
View ArticleFDA orders starker warnings on opioid painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration is requiring stronger warning labels on prescription painkillers like OxyContin, in the government's latest attempt to reduce overdose deaths caused by the long-acting...
View ArticleFDA to revise nutrition facts label
Those nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read.
View ArticleResearchers uncover common heart drug's link to diabetes
McMaster University researchers may have found a novel way to suppress the devastating side effect of statins, one of the worlds' most widely used drugs to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease.
View ArticleFDA extending comment period on e-cigarette rules
The public will have more time to weigh in on a federal proposal to regulate electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products.
View ArticleFDA weighs removing bolded warning from Chantix
(AP)—The Food and Drug Administration will ask a panel of experts later this week whether a bold-letter warning on the anti-smoking drug Chantix should be removed based on company-supported evidence...
View ArticleFDA cautions against 'undeclared' food allergens
(HealthDay)—Some food labels may not reliably list all possible food allergens, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency added that these "undeclared allergens" are the leading...
View ArticleFinal menu labeling rules will help consumers choose better, says American...
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following comments today on the Food and Drug Administration's two final rules requiring restaurants, vending machines, movie theaters and grocery...
View ArticleLawmakers wary of genetically modified food labels
The food industry is likely to find a receptive Congress come January in its fight against mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.
View ArticleMenus will sport new calorie labels for alcohol
Don't want to be confronted with the number of calories in that margarita or craft beer? Then avoid the menu and order at the bar.
View ArticleFederal Agency: Calories on menus delayed until 2016
Diners will have to wait until the end of 2016 to find calorie labels on all chain restaurant menus.
View ArticleProposed label would tell how much added sugar to eat
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed that nutrition facts labels include the percentage of a person's recommended daily intake of added sugars in a food item—the "percent daily value."
View ArticleMakeover coming for food nutrition labels
A new look is coming to Nutrition Facts labels on food packages, with more attention to calorie counts and added sugars. And no longer will a small bag of chips count as two or three servings.
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