In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2011 |
''US bill would set $20m max fine for counterfeiting medicines'' "Lawmakers in the USA proposed a bill yesterday which would dramatically increase the penalties for the sale, manufacture and trafficking of counterfeit medicines." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 17, 2012 | Eighteen months ago, President Obama signed the law to reform America’s dangerously outdated food safety system. But the administration has still not issued the regulations to implement this measure -- regulations that would improve U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety oversight of domestic produce and processed foods, as well as imported food products. | Food Safety |
| May 3, 2012 |
''U.S. to partner with Big Pharma for drug discovery'' "The U.S. government will help drug companies find treatments for a host of diseases through a new collaboration in which researchers will test experimental drugs provided by manufacturers." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 11, 2012 |
''U.S. Tightens Rules on Antibiotics Use for Livestock'' "Farmers and ranchers will for the first time be required to get a prescription from a veterinarian before using antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens and other animals, federal food regulators announced on Wednesday ... " |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Sep 24, 2012 |
''Trader Joe's Recalls Peanut Butter Linked to Salmonella Cases'' The grocery store chain Trader Joe's is recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states. The Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control said that the store's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, which is sold nationwide, is the likely source of the outbreak. |
Food Safety |
| Jun 28, 2012 | "Consumer Reports, a nonprofit product-testing organization, is urging the largest grocery stores in the nation, starting with Trader Joe's, to stop selling meat and poultry raised on antibiotics." | Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 21, 2011 |
''Tiny listeria survivor comes home for Christmas'' "The premature girl from Fishers, Ind., is one of the tiniest victims of last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe, which sickened 146 people, including 30 who died." |
Food Hazards |
| Oct 18, 2012 |
Three Biomedical Scholars Selected As New Members of IOM During its 42nd annual meeting, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently announced its new members, including three Pew Biomedical Scholars. Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. |
Biomedical Research |
| Dec 9, 2011 |
''The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You Sick'' "That's the lesson from a new study of a 2009 outbreak of E. coli bacteria, which sickened 77 people, most of them teenage girls and children. The outbreak was traced back to eating raw Nestlé Toll House cookie dough." |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 31, 2011 |
"ON DECEMBER 11th 1945, at the end of his Nobel lecture, Alexander Fleming sounded a warning. Fleming’s chance observation of the antibiotic effects of a mould called Penicillium on one of his bacterial cultures had inspired his co |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
