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US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded
A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as ...
Kennedy Wants to Ban Some Food Dyes. Here’s What the Data Shows.
The federal health department has said it will move to phase out eight artificial dyes, citing health concerns.
FDA Will Phase Out Food Dyes Used In Skittles, Gatorade And Froot Loops: What To Know
Food and drink companies will have to stop using petroleum-based dyes by the end of 2026, Health and Human Services officials ...
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S.
FDA stops short of synthetic food dye ban, calls on industry to stop use
The FDA's move stops short of the outright ban that had been floated for in Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" platform from the campaign trail. Instead, it relies on what the Department of Health ...
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and ...
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FDA budget cut proposal puts states in charge of routine food inspections
A draft spending document includes language eliminating FDA’s “direct role” in routine assessments of farms and food ...
The impact of mass layoffs at HHS: What does it mean for new drugs, food safety?
In every corner of the FDA, and at sister health agencies like the CDC, support staff, specialists, and scientists were hit ...
RFK Jr.: Petroleum-based synthetic dyes to be removed from US food supply and medications
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would phase out all ...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...
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Global Health Headlines: Mergers, Outbreaks, and Judicial Decisions Shake the Sector
Recent health news highlights Germany's Merck's acquisition talks with SpringWorks, U.S. Justice Department's disbanding of a ...
Food and beverage recalls in April so far
It probably seems like, every day, you’re reading a new headline about a recalled food item, like onions on McDonald’s hamburgers, baby carrots, and Boar’s Head cold cuts.