FDA to Allow Updates for Generic Drug Warnings
Bad regulations prevent manufacturers from updating labels about new risks
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The Quiet and Growing Success of Private Food Labeling
Most mandatory government food labeling schemes stink. Private ones usually don't stink. Problem, meet solution.
Plan B Pill Formally Approved Over-the-Counter for All Ages
Attempt to enforce age restrictions dropped
AMA Urges End of Ban on Blood Donations by Gay Men
Outdated rule based on fears of AIDS transmission
Why Women Should Be Able to Buy Birth Control Without Seeing a Doctor
There is no obvious explanation why something used safely over half a century by hundreds of millions of women should remain so restricted.
FDA Worries About Cybersecurity of Medical Devices
Malware jumping to them from infected computers
Tanning Beds Could Soon Come With Warning Labels Thanks to the FDA
Would tell those using the bed about possible risks of cancer
Meddlers Want FDA To Investigate Caffeine-Infused Gum
How about if we just soak our gum in our coffee?
Meet the New FDA Caffeine Crackdown
The FDA's latest misguided crackdown targets caffeine. It's déjà vu all over again.
FDA Appeals Court Order Making Plan B Pills Available to All Ages
Wants to stop order from taking effect during appeal
FDA Approves Morning After Pill Without Prescription for 15-Year-Olds
Obama administration had imposed an age minimum limit of 17
The Government's Looming Crackdown on Raw Milk Cheese
A new FDA report could mean more of your favorite cheeses will be unavailable in the United States.
FDA Blocks Generic Oxycontin
Addiction fears means nobody can have it unless they make changes
FDA Finds Problems at Dozens of Drug Compounding Facilities
30 of 31 pharmacies inspected had problems
FDA Looking Into Robot Used for Surgeries
The machine, called da Vinci, has hit a patient and had other similarly dangerous malfunctions
Craft Brewers Face Regulatory Challenges
As the annual Craft Beer Conference converged this year in Washington, DC, changing regulations are both helping and hampering the growing industry.
FDA Seeks to Regulate Mobile Health Apps
Claims this will not cause undue burdens or dampen innovation.
Doctors Urge FDA to Limit Caffeine in Energy Drinks
Save us from ourselves, Government! Save us!
FDA Initiates "Voluntary" Recall of Some Tuna Cans Over Loose Seals
No reports of illness at all
Let Consumers Make Their Own Choices About Sugary Drinks
The Center for Science in the Public Interest asks the government to go after soda and juice. What happened to the group's recent nod to empowered consumers?
Consumer Group Wants FDA to Establish Limits for Sugar in Drinks
Why don't you just read the label?
FDA Panel Calls for More Restrictions on Painkillers
Better for thousands to suffer than for one addict to overdose
The FDA's Pathetic Food Safety Proposal
Federal regulators want to impose costly new rules that won't make our food any safer.
FDA Proposes New Food Safety Rules
Would control how some agricultural products are processed
