FDA is evaluating clinical trial data that may suggest that patients taking Stalevo may be at an increased risk for developing prostate cancer.
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Stalevo (entacapone/carbidopa/levodopa): Ongoing Safety Review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that will begin implementing a requirement that device manufacturers provide readily available information in certain premarket applications on pediatric patients who suffer from the disease or condition that the device is intended to treat, diagnose, or cure, even if the device is intended for adult use.
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FDA Requires Device Manufacturers to Include Information on Pediatric Populations
Bass Pro Shops® is voluntarily recalling one lot of Uncle Buck’s® Beer Batter Mix Lightly-Seasoned as a precautionary measure because the product was received from a supplier that used crushed black pepper that may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
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Bass Pro Shops® Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Uncle Bucks® Beer Batter Mix Lightly-Seasoned 20 oz. Canisters containing potentially contaminated pepper due to possible health risk.
As the result of a recall of Black Pepper by Mincing Overseas Spice Company, Binell Bros. of Dearborn, MI is recalling ground black pepper because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The pepper is packaged in clear, plastic bags weighing between ¼ lb and 10 lbs, and was sold on-site between December 11, 2009 and February 2, 2010
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Binell Bros. Cutlery Voluntarily Recalls Black Pepper
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Asclera (polidocanol) injection for the treatment of small types of abnormally swollen or twisted veins called varicose veins.
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FDA Approves Asclera to Treat Small Varicose Veins
Natural Wellness is warning consumers not to purchase or consume the product known as MasXtreme, Lot# 911035. This product which is being marketed as a dietary supplement contains undeclared amounts of Aildenafil, as well as the drug Phentolamine which is an alpha-adrenergic blocker.
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Natural Wellness, Inc. Issues a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Masxtreme Capsules, Marketed As a Dietary Supplement
Recall of product, sold as a dietary supplement, containing undeclared aildenafil as well as the drug phentolamine.
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MasXtreme Capsules (Natural Wellness) - product contains undeclared drug ingredient
Modern Products, Inc. is initiating a recall of products manufactured with HVP (Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, because the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
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Modern Products recalls Seasonings due to possible health risk
As a result of a nationwide recall of Black Pepper by Mincing Overseas Spice Company and by Dutch Valley Food Distributors, Perfect Candy & Packaging Co is joining in this product recall due to the possibility of contamination with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain
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Perfect Candy & Packaging Co. Announces a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Whole Black Pepper in H.D.W. FOODS Labeled Bags
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with state health officials from Mississippi and Louisiana to notify consumers, food service operators and retailers nationwide about an outbreak of norovirus associated with oysters recently harvested from an area near Port Sulphur, La. known as Area 7