FDA Launches Consumer-Friendly Web Search For Consumers During Recalls
Beginning today, consumers can search for food and other product recalls easier and quicker on FDA's website than previously. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law in January by President Obama called for a more consumer-friendly recall search engine. To provide greater ease of use for consumers, the search results provide data from news releases and other recall ...

FDA Proposes Draft Menu And Vending Machine Labeling Requirements, Invites Public To Comment On Proposals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued two proposed regulations regarding calorie labeling on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, retail food establishments, and vending machines. The FDA invites input on the proposed regulations by visiting here1. "These proposals will ensure that consumers have more information when they make their own food choices," said Department of ...

FDA Approves Peginterferon Alfa-2b (Sylatron(tm)), For Adjuvant Melanoma
In collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and as a service to our members, ASCO will provide updates on recent FDA approvals and other important FDA actions (e.g., updated safety information, new prescribing information) pertaining to therapies for cancer patients. This will allow the agency to inform oncologists and professionals in oncology-related fields in a timely manner ...