Reporting Adverse Drug Reaction

for Health Professionals

CALLING all CONSUMERS!!!
If you think you may be experiencing an adverse event caused by a medicine or medical device,

NYT: F.D.A. Makes It Official: BPA Can’t Be Used in Baby Bottles and Cups

By SABRINA TAVERNISE - Published: July 17, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that baby bottles and children’s drinking cups could no longer contain bisphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical used in some plastic bottles and food packaging.

NYT: Cargill Recalls Ground Beef After Link to Salmonella

By STEPHANIE STROM Published: July 23, 2012

A unit of the giant agribusiness Cargill is recalling about 29,300 pounds of ground beef produced in late May, after it was linked to several cases of salmonella poisoning last month. So far, the only retailer known to have sold the contaminated beef is Hannaford Supermarkets, which operates about 180 grocery stores in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.

NYT: Carcinogen Found in Chinese Baby Formula

View From Asia July 23, 2012, 12:20 am

HONG KONG — A month after large batches of Chinese baby formula were found to contain dangerous levels of mercury, state media outlets reported Monday that the authorities have discovered more shipments of contaminated formula, this time poisoned with a cancer-causing toxin.