FDA Press Releases

2001

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December 2001

• Pre-Approval Inspection of the Bioport Facility (December 19)
• FDA Approves New Wearable Defibrillator for Seriously Ill Heart Patients (December 18)
• FDA Asks Federal Court to Hold American Red Cross in Contempt of 1993 Consent Decree and Impose Prospective Fines for Violations (December 13)
• FDA's Food Press Office Moves December 14, 2001 (December 12)
• FDA Announces Recall of Mother's Pride and NATA Gel Candies Due to Choking Hazard
  (December 7)

November 2001

• President Signs Record FY 2002 Budget (November 29)
• FDA Alerts Southern Florida Patients to Possibly Inadequate Prostate Cancer Treatments
  (November 27)
• FDA Approves First Biologic Treatment for Sepsis (November 21)
• Five Top FDA Officials Receive Presidential Rank Award (November 20)
• FDA to Hold Public Meeting on the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) (November 19)
• FDA and NTSB To Hold Joint Meeting To Examine Effects of Medication on Vehicle Operators (November 8)
• Tests Confirm No Anthrax in FDA Buildings (November 5)
• Anthrax Mail Statement (November 2)

October 2001

• FDA Public Health Advisory: Update on Use of Doxycycline for Anthrax Exposure (October 18)
• HHS/FDA & NSTA Use Science to Educate Students About Food Safety and Foodborne Illness (October 16)
• FDA and NSTA to Release New Program That Uses Science to Educate Students About Food Safety (October 11)
• FDA Announces Public Hearing on Ruminant Feed (BSE) Rules (October 9)
• FDA Issues a Second Warning and an Import Alert About Konjac Mini-Cup Gel Candies That Post Choking Risk (October 5)

September 2001

• FDA and NSTA to Release New Program That Uses Science to Educate Students About Food Safety (September 5)

August 2001

• FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Further Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) by Blood and Blood Products (August 27)
• Linda Tollefson, D.V.M., Promoted to Rear Admiral (August 15)

July 2001

• New Joint Program Announced by FDA and NCI Holds Promise for Cancer (July 20)

June 2001

• FDA Issues a Nationwide Alert on the Recall of Thirteen "Treasure of the East" Herbal Products Because of Possible Health Risk (June 20)
• FDA Corrects Erroneous Media Reports on Egg Safety Guidelines: Sunny-Side Up and Over Easy Eggs Can Still Be Served at Restaurants (June 15)
• FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on the Recall of "Pierre Fabre Physicians Formula Eye Makeup Remover Lotion" Because of Health Risk (June 8)
• FDA Official Receives International Food Safety Award (June 7)
• Robert E. Brackett, Ph. D., Named FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Director of Food Safety (June 6)

May 2001

• FDA Warns Consumers about VIVA Brand Imported Cantaloupe (May 25)
• FDA Approves Gleevec for Leukemia Treatment (May 10)

There are no entries for April 2001.

March 2001

• FDA Approves New Glucose Test for Adult Diabetics (March 22)
• FDA Approves Two New Intraocular Pressure Lowering Drugs for the Management of Glaucoma (March 16)
• Newly Formulated DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) Vaccine Approved with only Trace Amounts of Thimerosal (March 7)

February 2001

• FDA Issues Health Warning About Avocado Pulp in Southern California Because of a Possible Health Risk (Feb. 9)
• 2001 FDA Science Forum: Science Across the Boundaries (Feb. 7)
• Dr. Sharon R. Thompson, D.V.M. Is Appointed as the Department of Health and Human Services Liaison to the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research (Feb. 6)

January 2001

• FDA Announces Test Results from Texas Feed Lot (Jan. 30)
• Phyne Pharmaceuticals Is Not Recalling Adrenal Cortex Extract; Product Remains a Concern to FDA (Jan. 29)
• FDA Issues Urgent Notice of Recalled Injectable Drugs (Jan. 25)
• FDA Publishes Final Rule to Increase Safety of Fruit and Vegetable Juices (Jan. 18)
• FDA Proposes a New Public Disclosure Rule for Gene Therapy and Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials (Jan. 17)
• FDA Announces Proposal and Draft Guidance for Food Developed Through Biotechnology (Jan. 17)