2008 Food & Nutrition FDA Press Releases

 FDA & HHS Press Releases:

• December 22, 2008 FDA Warns Consumers About Tainted Weight Loss Pills
• December 12, 2008 FDA Warns Consumers and Retailers of Botulism Risk from Ungutted, Salt-Cured Alewives (Gaspereaux) Fish; Fish may have been sold in Florida
• December 9, 2008 FDA Announces Permanent Injunction Against Wilderness Family Naturals LLC
• December 2, 2008 FDA Announces Participants of Pilot Program for Third-Party Certification of Imported Aquacultured Shrimp
• December 1, 2008 FDA Reports Significant Progress in Protecting the Food Supply
• October 28, 2008 FDA Statement on Release of Bisphenol A (BPA) Subcommittee Report
• October 10, 2008 FDA Launches Food Defense Awareness Training Kit for Employees in the Food Industry
• October 6, 2008 FDA Detects Melamine Contamination in Flavored Drink
• October 3, 2008 FDA Issues Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and Melamine-related Compounds in Food
• September 30, 2008 FDA Awards $5.2 Million in Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety; Enhances key elements of Agency's Food Protection Plan: Prevention, Intervention, Response
• September 26, 2008 FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination
• September 23, 2008 FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination (also available in Chinese PDF)
• September 20, 2008 FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination
• September 18, 2008 FDA Proposes Label Requirements for Refused Imported Foods
• September 12, 2008 FDA Issues Health Information Advisory on Infant Formula (also available in Spanish and Chinese PDF)
• August 15, 2008 FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Mussel Products from Bantry Bay Seafood
• July 30, 2008 FDA Extends Consumer Warning on Serrano Peppers from Mexico
  • More on Salmonellosis outbreak
• July 28, 2008 FDA Advises Against Consumption of American Lobster (Maine Lobster) Tomalley
• July 25, 2008 U.S. Grown Jalapeño and Serrano Peppers Not Connected to Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
• July 18, 2008 FDA Lifts Warning About Eating Certain Types of Tomatoes
• July 2, 2008 FDA Food Protection Plan Shows Significant Progress; The agency unveiled the plan just months ago to help keep Americans enjoying one of the safest food supplies in the world.
• June 7, 2008 FDA Warns Consumers Nationwide Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes
• June 6, 2008 FDA's Chief Scientist Asks Science Board Subcommittee to Review Research on Bisphenol-A
• June 6, 2008 FDA Takes Action against Seafood Processing Company, Executives
• June 3, 2008 FDA Warns Consumers in New Mexico and Texas Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes
• May 16, 2008 FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires Products Be Recalled
• May 15, 2008 FDA Takes Action against Cream Cheese Companies, Executives
• May 1, 2008 FDA Completes Final Analysis of "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula" Products; Testing reveals high chromium levels in addition to selenium
• April 12, 2008 Salmonella Illnesses in Multiple States may be Linked to Recently Recalled Cereal
• April 9, 2008 FDA Finds Hazardous Levels of Selenium in Samples of "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula"; Dietary supplement products linked to adverse reactions
• April 9, 2008 Federal Authorities Seize More Than $100,000 of Unapproved Drugs Marketed as "Natural Supplements"; Products contain active ingredients in prescription erectile dysfunction drugs
• April 4, 2008 Federal Agents Seize Nearly $1.3 Million of Illegal Dietary Supplements
• March 27, 2008 U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Honduran Ministers Meet on Food Safety
• March 27, 2008 FDA Warns Consumers about "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula"; Distributor recalls dietary supplement products after reports of adverse reactions
• March 22, 2008 FDA Warns of Salmonella Risk with Cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano; The agency detains products from the Honduran manufacturer
• February 22, 2008 FDA Announces Permanent Injunction against Food Companies, Executives
• February 7, 2008 New Era Canning Company Expands Nationwide Recall - Risk of botulism from additional canned vegetable products
• February 5, 2008 FDA Advises Seafood Processors About Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
• February 4, 2008 President's FY 2009 Budget Advances Food and Medical Product Safety, and the Safety of FDA-Regulated Imports
• January 18, 2008 FDA Warns Public of Possible Botulism Risk; New Era Recall Expanded for Canned Green Beans and Garbanzo Beans
• January 15, 2008 FDA Issues Documents on the Safety of Food from Animal Clones
• January 4, 2008 FDA Commissioner Names Directors to Food Safety and Veterinary Centers

Press Release Archives: 1995 - present and Other FDA Press Releases

 Congressional Testimony

• July 31, 2008 Remarks by Associate Commissioner for Foods before House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations "Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Investigation"
• July 30, 2008 Remarks by Associate Commissioner for Foods before House Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture "Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Investigation"
• June 12, 2008 Remarks by Associate Commissioner for Foods before House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations "Ongoing activities to implement our Food Protection Plan (FPP) to enhance food safety"
• May 14, 2008 Remarks by Center Director before House Subcommittee on Health "Discussion Draft of the 'Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act' Legislation: Device and Cosmetics Safety"
• April 25, 2008 Remarks by Office of Food Safety Deputy Director before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission "Chinese Seafood Imports: Safety and Trade Issues"
• April 24, 2008 Remarks by Center Director before House Subcommittee on Health "Food and Cosmetic Provisions of the 'Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act' Discussion Draft Legislation"
• April 15, 2008 Remarks by Commissioner before Senate Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee "Presidents Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request"
• March 12, 2008 Remarks by Center Director before House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations "Food Safety"
• January 29, 2008 Remarks by Commissioner before House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations "Science at FDA"

Congressional Testimony Archives: 1996 - present and Other FDA Congressional Testimony

 FDA Speeches

• February 29, 2008 Remarks by Commissioner before National Press Club - "FDA at a Turning Point: Meeting the Challenge of a Rapidly Changing World"

Speech Archives: 1999 - present and Other FDA Speeches

Other Government Sources of Food Safety Information

• www.FoodSafety.gov - News and Food Safety Alerts