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• Peanut Butter Recall Expands. . .Again

  Joe Saunders | February 28, 2007 8:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The FDA has expanded its peanut butter recall again in order to include single serving packets of Peter Pan peanut butter. These packets are the 3/4 ounce and 1.1 ounce variety and were sold to institutions. The FDA is trying to determine who was sold these packets.

• Attention Deficit Disorder Drug Makers Have to Warn about Side Effects

  Joe Saunders | February 21, 2007 6:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture attention deficit hyperactivity disorder will have to warn consumers of possibly dangerous side effects from the drug including mental disorders, heart problems, even sudden death. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it directed the manufacturers of Ritalin, Adderall, Strattera and all other ADHD drugs to develop the guides

• Salmonella Tennessee the Culprit in Peanut Butter Contamination

  Joe Saunders | February 21, 2007 8:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The widening contamination recall of Peanut Butter recall has been linked to a particular form of salmonella poisoning called Salmonella Tennessee. If you or a loved one have eaten the peanut butter and have experienced diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, or fever, you should seek medical attention immediately. Also, don't throw away the jar, it is important evidence for your healthcare professional...

• Peanut Butter Contamination Linked to Salmonella

  Joe Saunders | February 16, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  300 people have been linked to a peanut butter salmonella contamination that has led to the product recall of peanut butter brands Peter Pan and Great Value. The peanut butter was processed in the ConAgra Foods plant in Sylvester Georgia. The salmonella outbreak has been linked to peanut butter with the product codes beginning with "2111". Presently, the outbreak has been detected in 39...

• Sanofi-Aventis Knew of Ketek Problems

  Joe Saunders | February 15, 2007 8:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Ann Marie Cisneros, a former employee of contractor Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc., has testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the drug manufacturer knew of Ketek's problems before regulators discovered fraud. Her testimony centered around a study that demonstrated the drug's dangers prior to its US approval by the FDA in 2004.Some House Committee members lashed...

• Fort Myers Youth Pastor Charged with Sexual Assault

  Joe Saunders | February 14, 2007 8:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Fort Myers Youth pastor has been charged with sexually assaulting two children for nearly a year. Elantonio Gomez is charged with two counts of Custodial Sexual Battery. The alarming part of the story is that this behavior is still happening in our churches, synagogues, and places of worship. The victims are often unwitting children who are forced to submit to the abuse. They are scared...

• FDA Approval Means Consumer Safety? Not So Fast

  Joe Saunders | February 14, 2007 8:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  There's a widespread myth that FDA approval of a new drug product means that that drug is safe for consumer use. Yet, according to a notice published Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), from October 2005 through September 2006, companies had yet to initiate 71 percent of outstanding "post-market" safety evaluations that companies have promised to undertake for currently...

• Eli Lilly and Free Speech

  Joe Saunders | February 09, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the drug Zyprexa, has aggressively fought to suppress internal company documents from seeing the light of day. The documents, which were highlighted in a December 2006 NY Times article, showed that Eli Lilly intentionally downplayed and hid Zyprexa's dangerous side effects. However, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting back to allow the general public...