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Rants & Raves

...a dog or cat without a license $50, you would never have to donate any money to that shelter again. THE FOOD AND Drug Administration is allowing the morning-after pill to be purchased by 15-year-old girls, but the same FDA wants to regulate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-09/rants-raves
Wrigley stops sales of caffeinated gum as FDA investigates safety

WASHINGTON - Wrigley says it is taking a new caffeinated gum off the market temporarily as the Food and Drug Administration investigates the safety of added caffeine.The company said Wednesday that it has stopped new sales and marketing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-08/wrigley-stops-sales-caffei
Too many beeping hospital alarms linked with dozens of deaths

...The commission's estimate of possible deaths related to the problem is lower than the reports in a U.S. Food and drug Administration database. The FDA lists more than 500 deaths potentially linked with hospital alarms between January 2005...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-08/too-many-beeping-hospital-alarms-li
Feds indict 4 over 2009 salmonella outbreak linked to Georgia peanut plant

Four former peanut company employees have been charged with scheming to manufacture and ship salmonella-tainted peanuts that killed nine, sickened hundreds and prompted one of the largest recalls in history.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-02-21/feds-indict-4-over-2009-salm
Johnson & Johnson recalls all OneTouch VerioIQ blood sugar meters

...medicines and nauseating packaging smells.The company is operating under increased scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, while it completely rebuilds one nonprescription medicine factory from the ground up and upgrades other factories...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-25/johnson-johnson-recalls-al
Golden Harvest Food Bank to receive items from evicted grocery store

...said. Occasionally, restaurants or catering businesses going out of business will donate items.The food bank is responsible for checking items and adhering to guidelines set by the federal Food and Drug Administration, he said.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-27/golden-harvest-food-bank-rece
UPS to pay $40 million collected from online pharmacies to end criminal probe

...declined to comment about the FedEx investigation.In a prepared statement announcing the UPS settlement, Food and Drug Administration criminal chief John Roth said the "FDA is hopeful that the positive actions taken by UPS in this case will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-29/ups-pay-40-million-collect
Federal judge making morning-after pill available to all

...the ruling would take effect in 30 days, meaning that over-the-counter sales could start then.The Food and Drug Administration actually was preparing to allow over-the-counter sale of Plan B One-Step with no age limits in late 2011...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-05/federal-judge-making-morni
Stem cell survival could help treat bones

...transplantation thus far has not had the success envisioned for it, Isales said."I know in talking with the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) they've been very disappointed in a lot of the regenerative medicine approaches involving stem cell transplantation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-03-05/stem-cell-survival-could-hel
Bottom Line: Cigarette warnings

...that it won't fight last year's federal appeals court ruling striking down the government's labels. The Food and Drug Administration will simply go back to the drawing board and try to come up with something that doesn't violate the Constitution...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-03-21/bottom-line-cigarette