One of the conceits behind Trump's presidency is that he'll do away with all those pesky regulations that are keeping Corporate America shackled and unleash "innovation" leading to "jobs" and this will "make America great again".... To continue reading this article, please go ...read more
By Charles Seife and Rob Garver On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide. Lead agent Patrick Stone, now retired from the ...read more
Think about it this way. If the FDA had done its job with that peanut plant, people wouldn't be scared that peanut butter can kill them, then purchases of peanut butter wouldn't drop off then the peanut industry wouldn't have to spend p.r. cash on telling people peanuts are safe ...read more
Jeez Louise. The government acknowledged Friday that a shipment of peanuts from the plant linked to a salmonella outbreak contained a "filthy, putrid or decomposed substance" later identified as metal fragments. The shipment was returned to the U.S. in April, months earlier than ...read more
The free market fairies will take care of everything. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said at least 12 times over the past two years the Peanut Corporation of America has knowingly sold products that had tested positive for salmonella. The FDA also claimed the company did ...read more
Science is back, under Obama. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the world's first study of human embryonic stem cell therapy, Geron Corp said on Friday. The California biotechnology company plans to start a clinical trial to try to use the stem cells ...read more