The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) provides regulation for food, drugs, medical devices, radiation-emitting products, vaccines, animal and veterinary products, cosmetics, and tobacco products. Just in the radiation-emitting products category alone, they are responsible for regulating firms that manufacture, repackage, relabel, and/or import medical devices sold in the U.S. That is a lot of oversight! The […]
“A pediatric labeling change refers to any update to a product’s labeling to add information about safety, effectiveness, or dosing for children.” As you can imagine, the number of labeling changes to pediatric medications has increased over the years due to more research, new findings, and better information. There are a number of legislative initiatives, […]
“The FDA is prioritizing its nutrition initiatives to ensure people in the United States have great access to healthier foods and nutrition information” enabling healthier food choices. One of these initiatives is front-of-package nutritional labeling. This initiative would not be in lieu of the full nutritional facts labeling typically found on the back of most […]
“Consumers are already familiar with blue thermal paper from retailers. In many supermarkets, the new eco-receipts are increasingly replacing the previous white versions to use sustainable paper.” There is a new material that a German company, VPF, has developed and it is free of chemical developers so it is approved to be put directly on […]
For consumers, reviewing nutritional labels is commonplace though what to pay attention to has changed over the decades. We often think of these labels as a convenience but in reality, they are a requirement. The FDA reviews and makes changes to the nutrition facts label when needed. The latest updates came in 2016 “to […]
In the food and beverage industry, the packaging is everything. It is the first thing customers see and maybe the initial reason a consumer considers your product. Lakeview Farms, a manufacturer of dips, desserts, and specialty products, found that their manual artwork management process was both time-consuming and lacked stakeholder visibility, which reduced […]
A statistic in November 2021, noted the pharmaceutical industry in the United States was worth around 2.8 trillion dollars. This is a significant increase from just a year prior when it was valued at 1.27 trillion. While there are many factors that play into the massive increase, one of them is what people pay for […]
A doctor in Raleigh, North Carolina was indicted for the extreme misuse of a medical device in addition to Medicare fraud and making and using materially false Healthcare Documents. Many of the patients were misled by thinking the medical device, was sterile and was used for the first time during their surgery. A balloon […]
It’s no secret that fast food really isn’t good for you. And if you needed another reason to limit these types of food in your diet, a “first-of-its-kind study” was recently published stating that popular fast foods contained chemicals linked to a long list of serious health problems. “Researchers at the George Washington University and […]