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duminică, 5 august 2012

Foodborne Illness - FDA Releases Safety Booklets

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have partnered in creating six food safety booklets for different groups that are most susceptible to food borne illness. These pamphlets target adults, transplant recipients, pregnant women, and people with diabetes, HIV/AIDS, or cancer in an effort to reduce their risk for foodborne illnesses.

These booklets contain much needed information for consumers who have an increased chance of becoming sick from the food they eat. The goal is to present clear and understandable information on how to confidently and safely prepare and eat food. They are also helpful to doctors and health professionals as a resource to educate their patients about food borne illnesses.

The 24-page pamphlets contain easy-to-read charts, illustrated how-to's, straightforward summaries of why each group is at risk, and symptoms they may experience. Each booklet focuses on tips for grocery shopping, cooking at correct temperatures, and eating at restaurants, including tear-out cards for use on the go. "Everyone from farmers to food manufacturers to food preparers in the home has a role in food safety," said FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor.

In the past, booklets on five of these topics already existed, however, these two agencies decided to produce a sixth one especially for pregnant women who are at risk for listeriosis. The updated booklets include revised safe cooking temperatures for poultry and meat: 145 °F for whole cuts of meat, and a three-minute rest time; 160 °F for ground meats; and 165 °F for all poultry and leftovers. The new booklets also list food safety resources, such as foodsafety.gov that are readily available for all consumers.

As a part of this same effort - to prevent food borne illness - the USDA and the FDA joined with the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention along with the Ad Council, to launch a food safety education campaign called Food Safe Families. The goal of is to empower families to reduce their risk of foodborne illnesses in the home by using these safety steps: clean, separate, cook, and chill.

The new booklets and educational campaign are a small part of a large effort of public health measures being put in place by President Barack Obama's Administration to prevent foodborne illness, improve consumers' knowledge about their food, and to safeguard their food supply. These actions support the three principles developed by the President's Food Safety Working Group: strengthening surveillance and enforcement, prioritizing prevention, and improving response and recovery.

Examples of these actions include: Test-and-hold policy where products cannot be released until Agency test results for dangerous contaminants are known. Labeling requirements. Public Health Information System. Performance standards for poultry establishments for continued reductions in the occurrence of pathogens. Written by Kelly Fitzgerald
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posted by Spoon on 4 Aug 2012 at 1:20 pm

All good intentioned, but what is/was the cost of this common sense set of 6 pamphlets overall?

Do this by PSAs on TV...they’re FREE since the FCC mandates a certain percentage of on-air time must be provided for such messages.

We no longer live in the age of Peas Porridge Hot/Cold and in the pot NINE DAYS old. Life is full of risks and more nanny-state mentality coupled with unnecessary federal or state capital outlays borders on the ridiculous is simply another example FW&A (Fraud, Waste & Abuse) Individual responsibility is what’s really missing in America.

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joi, 8 decembrie 2011

CRD To Review The Effectiveness And Safety Of Bone Growth Product

Main Category: Bones / Orthopedics
Article Date: 08 Dec 2011 - 2:00 PST

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The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York is to conduct a major independent review of the effectiveness and safety of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), a product used in spinal surgeries to promote bone growth.

After competitive tender, Yale School of Medicine has chosen CRD and the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, to conduct two separate reviews. Both are world leaders in the analysis of individual patient data from clinical trials.

Yale previously entered into an unprecedented agreement with the producers Medtronic to independently review BMP-2 studies after questions were raised about the product's safety and efficacy. As part of this agreement, Medtronic will release all of its human subject data on BMP-2 to Yale for distribution to the reviewing institutions.

CRD and Oregon will work independently of each other, and in addition to reanalysing the raw data from all of Medtronic's clinical studies, will also carry out a review all other known trials of BMP-2.

Once the reviews are complete, both teams will issue separate reports, which will be made public in the summer of 2012. Medtronic will have no direct role in these reviews aside from providing data and supporting materials.

CRD Director, Professor Lesley Stewart who has been undertaking individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses for over 20 years said "We are delighted to have been selected to carry out this ground breaking project. As well as addressing an important clinical question, it demonstrates proof of concept that could well set a new standard in transparency and release of trial data for independent scrutiny, a development that is in the public interest."

Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., leader of the Yale project, added: "This project is setting a new standard of transparency and will ensure that all data about this product is made publicly available and scrutinized by those with an interest in the drug."

Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release. Source: York University
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