The Food and Drug Administration will collect and inspect the Pokemon brand lollipops seized by Polk County authorities last week, deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2008

TAMPA - The Food and Drug Administration will collect and inspect the Pokemon brand lollipops that Polk County authorities rounded up last week, deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2008

Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors. ...more

February 1, 2008

More than 7,000 children get rushed to emergency rooms each year after suffering adverse reactions to cough and cold medicines, according to the first national estimate of the risks posed by the widely used remedies. ...more

January 29, 2008

Wyeth is telling managers that about 10 percent of its 50,000 employees worldwide may lose their jobs by 2011 under a planned restructuring, three years after the drugmaker scaled back its sales force. ...more

January 26, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration intends to post inspectors to embassies and consulates throughout the developing world in hopes of improving the quality of the food and medicine increasingly flowing to the United States, a top official said Thursday. ...more

January 25, 2008

The Tampa Tribune talked to Bernard Pollara, a University of South Florida professor of pediatrics, about the Food and Drug Administration's public health advisory Thursday against the use of over-the-counter cough and cold products - including decongestants, expectorants, antihistamines and cough suppressants - for children younger than 2. ...more

January 18, 2008

Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines - they're too risky for tots so small, the government is expected to declare today. ...more

January 17, 2008

TAMPA - Publix Super Markets has settled a consumer suit alleging that two ingredients of the grocer's private-label diet lemon lime soft drinks could combine under heat exposure to form benzene, which has been known to cause cancer. ...more

January 8, 2008

A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008