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A 44-year-old senior scientist at the National Defense University in Taipei was confirmed to have the SARS virus. He had been working on a SARS study in Taiwan's only BSL-4 lab. The Taiwan CDC later stated the infection occurred due to laboratory misconduct. [33] [34] 2004-04 Severe acute respiratory syndrome: SARS China
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors reported, following a two-week inspection of the Blakely, Georgia, plant in January 2009, that the company had information that its peanut-butter products were tainted with Salmonella, but shipped them anyway after "retesting" them. This occurred at least 12 times in 2007 and 2008.
Five died of inhalational anthrax: Stevens; two employees of the Brentwood mail facility in Washington, D.C. (Thomas Morris Jr. and Joseph Curseen), [22] and two whose source of exposure to the bacteria is still unknown: Kathy Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant resident of the New York City borough of the Bronx who worked in the city, [23] and the ...
A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of 64 people. [2] [3] [4] In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and ...
By 2007, PCA had grown to 90 employees and $25 million in annual sales. It has been estimated to have been manufacturing roughly 2.5% of processed peanuts in the U.S. at that time. PCA permanently halted its operations after it was found to be the source of a massive Salmonella outbreak in the U.S., during late 2008 and early 2009. The 2008 ...
There are more than 18,000 employees at the FDA, according to the agency. It’s also possible Kennedy will be put in a role that has little or no influence over the overall functioning of the FDA.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a voluntary recall on certain eye drop brands that were found to have fungal and bacterial contamination.
Colorado reported 26 infections. Due to the product actions taken by McDonald's and Taylor Farms, the risk to the public is very low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.