{"title":"Bacteria-eating virus approved as food additive.","authors":"Linda Bren","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Not all viruses harm people. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a mixture of viruses as a food additive to protect people. The additive can be used in processing plants for spraying onto ready-to-eat meat and poultry products to protect consumers from the potentially life-threatening bacterium Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes).</p>","PeriodicalId":76907,"journal":{"name":"FDA consumer","volume":"41 1","pages":"20-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26589589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FDA consumerPub Date : 2007-01-01DOI: 10.1037/e589942007-002
{"title":"Silicone gel-filled breast implants approved.","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/e589942007-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e589942007-002","url":null,"abstract":"After rigorous scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants made by two companies for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. The products are manufactured by Allergan Corp. of Irvine, Calif., and Mentor Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif.","PeriodicalId":76907,"journal":{"name":"FDA consumer","volume":"41 1 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57917545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FDA consumerPub Date : 2007-01-01DOI: 10.1037/e589942007-003
L. Bren
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{"title":"HHS, FDA announce new tools for the nutrition facts label.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) have unveiled two new learning tools to help consumers use the Nutrition Facts label to choose nutritious foods and to achieve healthy weight management.</p>","PeriodicalId":76907,"journal":{"name":"FDA consumer","volume":"41 1","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26589411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Silicone gel-filled breast implants approved.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After rigorous scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants made by two companies for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. The products are manufactured by Allergan Corp. of Irvine, Calif., and Mentor Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif.</p>","PeriodicalId":76907,"journal":{"name":"FDA consumer","volume":"41 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26589407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keeping up with vaccines.","authors":"Michelle Meadows","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76907,"journal":{"name":"FDA consumer","volume":"41 1","pages":"23-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26589408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}