FDA News Digest for July 7, 2008

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Title: FDA News Digest for July 7, 2008

FDA News Digest

July 7, 2008

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IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE

 

»  News

    -- FDA Food Protection Plan Shows Significant Progress

»  Safety Alerts/Recalls

»  Upcoming Public Meetings

»  Consumer Health Information

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NEWS

 

FDA Food Protection Plan Shows Significant Progress

FDA has released the Food Protection Plan Progress Report, which shows significant areas of activity to further improve the safety of the country’s food supply since the agency unveiled its Food Protection Plan in November 2007. The improvements highlight the agency’s efforts to address domestic and global changes in our food supply. The Food Protection Plan focuses on prevention (building safety in from the start), intervention (using targeted risk-based inspections and testing), and response (responding rapidly when problems are identified).

-- Press release: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01856.html

-- Progress report: http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/advance/food/progressreport.html

-- Food Protection Plan: http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/advance/food/plan.html 

 

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SAFETY ALERTS/RECALLS

 

For a list of recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts involving FDA-regulated

products from the past 60 days, go to http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html. 

 

To access the RSS feed of FDA recalls information, go to

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/rssRecalls.xml  

[What is an RSS feed? See http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/newsfeeds.html.]  

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UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS

 

For a complete list of upcoming meetings, seminars, and other public events sponsored

or co-sponsored by FDA, go to http://www.fda.gov/opacom/hpmeetings.html.

 

 

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION

 

Consumer updates in the spotlight this week are:

 

›  Heartworm Prevention in Your Pet

http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/heartworm061908.html

›  How to Dispose of Unused Medicines

http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/drug_disposal062308.html

 

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For the latest in consumer health news from FDA, visit http://www.fda.gov/consumer/default.htm. 

 

 

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