Food industry warned about making ” healthy ” claims.

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Recently, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Conduct (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized various animal food products stored under unsanitary conditions at the PETCO Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Ill., …

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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)’s Alli and Abbott Labs (ABT)’s Meridia – both diet drugs — were both the subject of FDA warnings this we.

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This is a guest blog-post by Professor Timothy D. Lytton At the top of the FDA’s agenda for 2010 is regulating front-of-package nutrition .

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Ken Anderson reported earlier this week at Brownfield that, “A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require the FDA to withdraw the sub-therapeutic use of seven classes of antibiotics in food animals . …

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“FDA’s failure to investigate the mounting evidence that these compounds are unsafe is a breach of the public trust, and the use of arsenic-containing compounds in food animal production is a needless and dangerous risk to human health. …

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A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require the FDA to withdraw the sub-theraputic use of seven classes of antibiotics in food .

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The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule that would require manufacturers to list the common or usual names of FDA-certified color additives on animal food labels. The proposed rule would amend the FDA’s animal food …

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The FDA has issued letters of warning to two New York food production operations suspected in violation of adulterated food brought about by misuse of animal medications.

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FDA authorities question whether nutrition labeling is misleading consumers. Credit: Keystone / AP Front-of-the-box nutrition logos are supposed.

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