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An FDA warning letter is an official message from the United States Food and Drug Administration ... 2009, to a web site that was marketing fraudulent supplements. [5]
The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (abbreviated as FFDCA, FDCA, or FD&C), is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
The act has also been criticised because supplement manufacturers are not required to demonstrate supplements' safety before marketing the supplements. The FDA can only ban a supplement if the FDA finds proof that the supplement is dangerous. This means that unsafe or ineffective supplements can be sold freely, while the FDA has only a limited ...
The Food and Drug Administration issued a new warning late Tuesday about supplements that contain the ingredient tianeptine, commonly known as "gas station heroin." The products — sold under the ...
The FDA has announced over 20 recalls across the U.S., including food items, cosmetics, drugs, dietary supplements, and medical devices.
The condemned list also includes green tea extract powder and "kava." Often taken for weight loss, green tea powder, a seemingly "natural" substance, can cause dizziness and high blood pressure.
The quack Miranda warning is a term used by skeptics to describe the text which the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) requires that all labels and marketing materials for products sold as dietary supplements carry, in boldface type: [1] [2] These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration ...
The US Food and Drug Administration is sharing a new warning about the risks of probiotics for hospitalized preterm infants. The products have been linked with over two dozen reported adverse ...