The nation’s fresh produce would be safer if U.S. farmers were required to adopt strict standards for growing leafy greens similar to industry-written ones devised for California growers, a Food and Drug Administration official said...

A federal report says the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to combat food-borne illness are hampered by factors including not enough staff.

India’s largest pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy Laboratories, said Wednesday that it will resolve problems that led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the import of more than 30 of its generic...

The Food and Drug Administration has recently hired more than 1,300 professional staffers in a move that officials hope will help it better protect the public health amid rapid technological and scientific...

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering stronger warnings on four medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered changes in the prescribing information for two widely used anemia drugs, saying the risks of the medications outweigh the benefits for certain cancer...

The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Florida tomato growers have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to declare there is no salmonella in the state’s tomato crops.The salmonella outbreak began in April, sickening more than 1,000 people in the United States, but the FDA...

A review of bonuses paid to employees at the Food and Drug Administration showed many went to the agency’s highest-paid staff rather than to the inspectors in the field, according to a review by the House Energy and Commerce...

A congressional review of bonuses paid to employees at the Food and Drug Administration showed many went to the highest-paid staff rather than to field inspectors.The chairman of the House committee that released the findings Thursday said some...