Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning people not to use skin products produced by Clarcon because of toxic bacteria found in some of the company products.

This is a very serious issue, and the FDA insists that any consumer who has a Clarcon skin product in their possession, throw it away and definitely not use it. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - Iovate Health Sciences is recalling Hydroxycut products after reports of liver damage and death
were made.

In total more than 20 reports were received by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pertaining to liver damage, and even 1 report of death. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - A dietary supplement called Hydroxycut is being recalled because it has been linked to liver damage and death in people taking it.

The drug is marketed as one comprised of all natural ingredients, but nevertheless it is causing major health problems for people. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth.net) - The FDA are recalling a total of 14 Hydroxycut products after receiving reports of liver damage in people taking them.

The products are very popular, and are the leading fat burner supplement on the market today. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The Harris Teeter grocery food chain has announced that they have recalled pistachio nuts due to salmonella bacteria.

The grocery food chain announced over the weekend that they are going to be recalling all of their store-brand nuts. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Needless to say, the latest salmonella outbreak is not doing any good for the pistachio industry as a whole.

This week, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made it clear that they will continue their investigation to try to find the source of the salmonella bacteria in pistachios. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The recall of pistachios has expanded yet again as investigators have stated that a potential source of the outbreak has been found at a plant in California.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed this week that investigators have found trace amounts of salmonella at the Setton Pistachio plant owned by Terra Bella Inc. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to recent reports, the Food and Drug Administration has announced yesterday that a California based food processing plant is recalling up to 1 million pounds of roasted pistachios that may have been contaminated with salmonella.

Originating from Setton Farms in Terra Bella, California, the nuts were packaged for resale or simply used as additional ingredients in other products such as ice cream and trail mix.

Although there are no illness links to the pistachios, Kraft Foods has found salmonella strains in a routine test last week.

The FDA was advised and has urged consumers to not consume any pistachio products. They also advise to not through away any products as the products can lead to easier tracing of contamination.

After contaminated peanut butter products were found earlier this month containing the salmonella bacteria, hundreds of Americans developped salmonella poisoning including 9 deaths.

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to recent reports, an nationwide alert was announced Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about weight-loss products that contain undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients.

Herbal Xenicol, Slimbionic and Xsvelten are products added to the alert and fenproporex, fluoxetine, furosemide and cetilistat are all undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients added to the warning list.

The FDA stated that many of these crossed out products may be marketed as dietary supplements and are promoted and sold on various online web sites and in certain retail stores / beauty salons. These products are said to be illegal and haven’t been approved by the FDA.

To view an entire list of the weight-loss products, visit the FDA website.

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to recent reports, 6 major firms have now decided to stop selling baby bottles containing bisphenol A.

BPA is a chemical used in the making of platic materials, and it has been proven in previous studied that the chemical can hard a child’s development.

The measure passed this week will ban the sale of baby bottles and cups for children under the age of 4.

The industry still contends that the BPA is unharmful, however studies have proven the opposite.

Playtex Products Inc., Gerber, Evenflo Co., Avent America Inc., Dr. Brown and Disney First Years will be announcing shortly that they will no longer be producing bottles containing BPA in their products.

“Eliminating bisphenol A from baby bottles is an important first step,” said state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Los Angeles.

One step ahead, Canada has already taken a serious approach towards this issue and has already banned the sale of baby bottles containing the chemical.