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FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety
Multiple current and laid-off FDA employees said the abrupt layoffs had resulted in delays and disruptions to the agency's ...
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 ...
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's drug to treat some patients aged 12 years and older with an immune-mediated disorder, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.
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US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded
Some who do primarily legal defense work for the Food and Drug Administration will be transferred to the Justice Department's federal programs branch, they said. It remains unclear where others ...
Not so fast on the FDA’s food dye ban — the Supreme Court has changed the rules
The Supreme Court’s recent reversal of the Chevron doctrine means every new regulation is now living on borrowed time — and ...
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College kids, an old drug, and why it's everywhere again
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates nitrous oxide under its Food Drug and Cosmetics Act. It’s not the first time the drug’s usage has gone viral. During Mardi Gras last February ...
Food Safety Author Sounds FDA Alarm—'My Hair Is Gonna Catch on Fire'
Deborah Blum, who has written extensively on the history of U.S. food safety regulations, cited how an E. coli outbreak in November 2024, which killed one and hospitalized dozens, was never fully ...
RFK Jr. Says He's Banning Food Dyes Through an 'Understanding' with Manufacturers. But There Is No Proof
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced on April 21 plans to ban artificial food dyes, citing ...