Month: May 2010

FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Vita Breath Dietary Supplement

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2010. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase nor consume Vita Breath, a dietary supplement manufactured by American Herbal Lab Inc. of Rosemead, Calif., and marketed at health fairs and on the Internet, because the product may contain hazardous levels of[Read More…]

Nepal: Maoist Protests Peaceful, UN Observes

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 May 2010 – Today’s May Day protests staged by Maoists across Nepal have been organized and peaceful, with security forces also acting in a restrained manner, the United Nations human rights office in the country said today. “Rights to peaceful assembly and speech were exemplified today,” said Richard[Read More…]

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen Designated National Incident Commander for Continued Response to BP Oil Spill

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010.  As part of the designation of the BP Oil Spill as a Spill of National Significance, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will serve as the National Incident Commander for the administration’s continued, coordinated response—providing[Read More…]

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Update, May 1, 2010

ROBERT, La.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010.   The unified command continues with a comprehensive oil-well intervention and spill-response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans.  Nearly 2,000 personnel are involved in the response effort with additional resources being mobilized as needed.[Read More…]

FDA Provides Consumer Advice Following Recall of Products for Infants and Children

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010.  Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare is implementing a voluntary recall of infant and children’s liquid products due to manufacturing deficiencies which may affect quality, purity or potency. Following McNeil’s recall announcement on Friday evening, the[Read More…]

McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants’ and Children’s Products Including Tylenol and Motrin

Fort Washington, PA.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010.  McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter (OTC) Children’s and Infants’ liquid products manufactured in the United States and distributed in the[Read More…]

BP Onshore Preparations for Gulf Coast Oil Spill

LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010.  Yesterday, BP continued to ramp up its response to the oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico. Over 2,500 personnel are now involved in the response effort and well-advanced preparations are being made for a major protection and cleaning effort on the shorelines of Louisiana, Mississippi,[Read More…]

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