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FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Food, Beverages and Ingested Drugs, Citing Link to Cancer in Lab Rats
FDA bans red food dye with cancer links
FDA bans controversial red dye found in candy, drinks and snacks
FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers
Federal health officials are backing the health benefits of nicotine pouches, ruling that Philip Morris International’s Zyn can help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes.
FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
The Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels.
FDA proposes warning label on front of food packaging to combat obesity epidemic
The FDA has designed five different types of labels, each presenting the same information but with different specifications based on the size of the packaging.
Outgoing FDA chief flags online weight loss drug dangers
Current laws and regulations are not enough to protect Americans from the risks of compounded versions of popular weight loss drugs, especially those bought online, outgoing U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said on Thursday.
Yogurt Recall Update As FDA Sets Risk Level Over Plastic Contamination
Greek yogurt has been recalled because it may contain foreign objects, given the FDA's second-most severe risk level.
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Washington pharmacists prescribe abortion pills through new pilot program
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FDA moves to slash nicotine in cigarettes
If finalized, the change would mean that cigarettes would lose their ability to hook most people into addiction.
FDA moves to ban Red 3, citing concern over cancer in some animals
FDA officials have telegraphed the decision for months. While the agency has long said that it did not think evidence of Red 3 causing cancer applied to humans, officials said their hand was forced by a law requiring the agency to pull additives that are cancerous in animals.
People's March brings thousands to Washington, D.C. to voice concerns ahead of inauguration
Although people from all over the country, of all ages and backgrounds, joined the People's March, one protester said no one felt like a stranger.
FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods
U.S. regulators are banning the dye called Red 3 from the food supply. The move comes nearly 35 years after the dye was barred from cosmetics such as lipsticks because of potential cancer risk.
How food brands and drugmakers are responding to FDA's ban of food dye Red 3
Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3, after the agency said it was revoking the additive's authorization over concerns it was causing cancer in rats.