AVMA welcomes release of federal rule focused on the judicious use of antibiotics in food animals

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its release of the Veterinary Feed Directive final rule, which will cement…

More than half of probiotics contain traces of gluten, study finds

A study reveals more than half of probiotics on sale in the US contain traces of gluten, with some labeled gluten-free containing the protein at levels exceeding FDA standards.

Durbin, Blumenthal ‘troubled’ by FDA inaction on mislabelled supplements

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Amphetamine-like stimulant remains in dietary supplements 2 years after FDA discovery

Two years after the FDA identified an amphetamine-like stimulant in a number of dietary supplements, a new study finds the organization has taken no action to remove it.

Mandatory disclaimers on dietary supplements do not change consumer behavior

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not allow pharmaceutical manufacturers to promote their drugs for indications that the FDA has not approved, but a 2012 federal court case (US v.

CDC, Federal partners develop improved method for attributing foodborne illness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have developed an improved method for…

Eating fish during pregnancy may boost baby’s development, not impair it

Although the FDA warn pregnant women against eating fish more than twice a week, a new study finds that the benefits associated with fish may offset the potential harms.

Infant feeding habits may predict eating behaviors in later life

The follow-up to an FDA study analyzing infant nutrition investigates to what extent eating behaviors in the first year of life predict eating behaviors at age 6.

Lack of agreement over proposed changes to food labels

To help Americans make better decisions about what they eat, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year proposed significant changes to the Nutrition Facts label found on nearly every…

Special report: "Trans Fat, Regulation, Legislation and Human Health"

Clinical Therapeutics features a special report in its March issue focusing on the science and policy leading up to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) preliminary steps toward restricting industrially produced trans fatty acids, or trans fat, at the federal level.

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