Unilever US recalls Dove, aerosol dry shampoos over cancer risk \
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Unilever US recalls Dove, aerosol dry shampoos over cancer risk

26-Oct-2022
Unilever US recalled brands of aerosol products like Dove after potentially elevated levels of Benzene were detected in them.
26-Oct-2022 World
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Researchers develop novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections \
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Researchers develop novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections

16-Oct-2022
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population, unfortunately, generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments, a threat that has been met with insufficient funding and dwindling inspiration, as commercial incentives for developing new antibiotics have fallen.
16-Oct-2022 Health
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Researchers develop drug that marks cancer cells for destruction by immune system \
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Researchers develop drug that marks cancer cells for destruction by immune system

14-Sep-2022
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Tumour cells are infamous for their ability to evade the human immune system; they construct physical barriers, disguise themselves, and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks.
14-Sep-2022 Health
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Chinese dried lotus seeds, chopping boards rejected by Taiwan \
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Chinese dried lotus seeds, chopping boards rejected by Taiwan

10-Aug-2022
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): Chinese lotus seeds and chopping boards have been blocked from entering Taiwan, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which added that the products were not meeting the required safety standards.
10-Aug-2022 World
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Hepatitis A outbreak in US, Canada sparked by contaminated organic strawberries: FDA \
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Hepatitis A outbreak in US, Canada sparked by contaminated organic strawberries: FDA

30-May-2022
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged customers to throw out any uneaten batches of organic strawberries as they may be the cause of the multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections in the US and Canada.
30-May-2022 World
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Pfizer starts Phase 2/3 clinical study to evaluate safety, efficacy of COVID-19 oral treatment in pediatric population \
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Pfizer starts Phase 2/3 clinical study to evaluate safety, efficacy of COVID-19 oral treatment in pediatric population

09-Mar-2022
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Pharmaceutical company Pfizer on Tuesday (local time) stated that it has started the Phase 2/3 clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its COVID-19 oral treatment in the pediatric population at risk of progression to severe disease.
09-Mar-2022 World
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Case against Maha chemical firm officials for violating FDA order \
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Case against Maha chemical firm officials for violating FDA order

21-Feb-2022
Thane Feb 21 PTI Police have registered a case against six officials of a chemical manufacturing firm here in Maharashtra for alleged violation of orders of the Food and Drug Administration FDA an official said on Monday The firm manufactured citric acid solution on behalf of another company The FDA had in October 2019 cancelled the manufacture and sale of the product by the other company but the chemical firm continued to produce and sell it an official from Narpoli police station said Following a complaint by an FDA official a case was registered on Sunday night against six officials of the firm under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act he said No arrest has been made so far he added PTI COR GK GK
21-Feb-2022 National
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Maha govt FDA crack down on oil manufacturers to check on adulteration \
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Maha govt FDA crack down on oil manufacturers to check on adulteration

28-Jan-2022
Thane Jan 28 PTI The Maharashtra food civil supplies and consumer protection department and the Food and Drug Administration FDA conducted a series of raids at edible oil manufacturing units in the Mumbai metropolitan region an official said on Friday The raids were conducted over the last few weeks to check the quality and hygiene standards being followed by the oil manufacturers in the region he said The state department had raided a factory in Vashi area of Navi Mumbai on Tuesday while the FDA conducted operations at units in Bhiwandi and Mira Road the official said The raids were conducted based on information about adulteration of sunflower oil which was allegedly being mixed with palm oil and sold in Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra such as Panvel Alibaug Raigad among others said Kamlesh D Kedare of the Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department PTI COR ARU ARU
28-Jan-2022 National
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FDA Pune issues circular to chemists to maintain record of buyers purchasing self-testing COVID kits \
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FDA Pune issues circular to chemists to maintain record of buyers purchasing self-testing COVID kits

13-Jan-2022
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 13 (ANI): Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Pune has issued a circular to all the chemists and other medical retailers instructing them to maintain a record of all the customers buying self-testing COVID RAT kits.
13-Jan-2022 National
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Biden to announce new actions to protect Americans against Delta, Omicron variants \
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Biden to announce new actions to protect Americans against Delta, Omicron variants

02-Dec-2021
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will announce new actions to combat COVID-19 as the country heads into the winter months and with the emergence of a new variant, Omicron, White House said in a statement on Thursday.
02-Dec-2021 World
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