Contaminated Burgers In Seattle Trigger FDA Changes, 20 Years Later
The Food and Drug Administration recently proposed the most sweeping changes to food safety rules in 70 years. Now it wants to hear from the public.
View ArticleThe Long Road To Safety Changes In Food Systems
Salmonella. E.coli. Listeria. Every year about 48 million Americans get sick from eating contaminated food. Some people become seriously ill and need to be hospitalized. More than 3 million of those...
View ArticleFDA Tries To Prevent Pet Death With New Regualtions On Pet Food
Sure all dogs go to heaven, and cats have nine lives, but that doesn't mean we don't want to keep our pets safe while we have them and now the Food and Drug Administration is getting involved.This...
View ArticleWhat One Medical Geneticist Learned From 23andMe
David Hyde talks with medical geneticist Marshall Horwitz about his experience as a customer of 23andMe, a private company that sells DNA analysis kits.
View ArticleFDA Asks For Proof That Antibacterial Soaps Protect Health
In hospitals, people are bathed with soaps containing the antibacterial triclosan to reduce the risk of serious infections in surgery.
View ArticleFDA Asks Doctors To Stop Prescribing High-Dose Acetaminophen
The pain reliever acetaminophen is easy on the stomach. But at high doses, the drug can be hell on the liver.Now the Food and Drug Administration is asking doctors to refrain from prescribing drugs...
View ArticleWhat Will The Nutrition Facts Label Look Like In The Future?
Steve Scher talks with Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington, about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposal to update the...
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