For Consumers
Consumer Updates
Consumer Updates are timely articles that cover product approvals, safety warnings, and other health information for you and your family. You can sign up to receive e-mail alerts about new articles immediately after they are posted on FDA's Web site, or on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. You can also sign up for an RSS feed. Some of these articles are available in Spanish.
Every day, Americans rely on FDA-regulated products—from toothpaste and contact lenses to food and life-saving medicines. FDA promotes and protects the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, and by monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use. The agency regulates animal and veterinary products, drugs, medical devices, products that emit radiation, food, cosmetics, and vaccines and other biologics.
Recent Consumer Updates
- FDA Teams with Everyday Health to Expand Reach of Health Information
- FDA to Examine the Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages
- FDA Unveils Safe Use Initiative to Reduce Harm From Medication Use
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: October 2009
- FDA, WebMD Expand Health Information Partnership
- Improper Use of Decorative Contact Lenses May Haunt You
- The Word is Out on Unapproved H1N1 Products