FDA Bans Red No. 3 Used in Many Processed Foods
The artificial coloring known as Red Dye No. 3 has been banned in cosmetics in the U.S. for 35 years, but it has been allowed to stay in food and medicine. The synthetic dye that gives foods a cherry red color is an ingredient in more than 9,200 products on store shelves in the country. […]
Officials at Federal Gov’t Agencies, White House Sued for Censoring COVID Information
Sixty-seven U.S. federal government agencies and officials, including senior officials in the White House, have been accused of engaging in a widespread campaign of pressuring and colluding with social media platforms to censor users in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Former Missouri Attorney General, Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff […]
Obamacare Repeal Could Halve CDC Vaccination Budget
One of the major funding sources under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010—or “Obamacare”—is the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF), established under Section 4002 of the law. Money from that program is designated “to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and […]
FDA Asks Court to Delay Full Release of Documents on Pfizer COVID Biologic for 55 Years
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on Sept. 16, 2021 against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a medical transparency group of more than 30 physicians, professors and scientists from various universities in the United States, the FDA has asked a federal judge to delay the full release […]
Allergy Risks Increase as FDA Changes Food Labeling Requirements During COVID-19 Pandemic
Opinion | On May 22, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public comment providing new guidance that will relax the labeling requirements on packaged food to allow food companies more flexibility during the COVD-19 pandemic. Companies selling food are now allowed to make minor changes to the formulation of food products […]
Experimental Drugs and Vaccines on FDA’s Fast Track
Story Highlights The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increasingly applies “fast-track” licensing status to experimental drugs and vaccines in the research pipeline. The accelerated pharmaceutical product licensing approval system was originally created to give patients suffering with serious diseases or disorders quick access to important new drugs where no—or inadequate—treatment options were otherwise available. The […]