Mexican authorities have reportedly snubbed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorities for the agency's handling the salmonella outbreak.

Enrique Sanchez, director of Mexico's Farm Food Quality Service, said that he is very upset by the FDA investigation and assured that not a single case of salmonella has been reported by the Mexican Health Secretariat. He added that the same product has been consumed in Mexico and no cases of illness had been reported

In a landmark decision, the U.S. House of representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate the tobacco industry by the federal health agency.

The House voted 326-102 to approve the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broad authority to regulate cigarettes and other forms of tobacco

Serrano peppers from Mexico are now being linked to the salmonella outbreak in the U.S. after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the bacteria strain at a Mexican farm growing the hot chili.

The salmonella Saintpaul strain found in the irrigation water and serrano peppers grown at a farm in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, prompted the FDA to issue a public warning against eating serranos

Outside medical experts for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday recommended approval of Roche Holding AG's drug Actemra to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

The drug is more effective at reducing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis than existing biologic agents, which are dominated by a type of drug known as anti-TNFs. The new drug will target the drug for patients who failed anti-TNFs, such as Johnson & Johnson's drug Remicade and Abbott Laboratories' Humira, DowJones reported

After being removed from the market by the FDA in 2002, the makers of "Nicotine Water" are back, claiming the product is a "smoking alternative."

Launched in 1998, "Nicotine Water" maker Global Beverage Innovations says the product now meets the FDA requirement that it be reformulated as a dietary supplement. The company Monday announced two versions of "Nicotine Water" that are equivalent to three cigarettes. One includes tabacco along with nicotine while the other has 84 percent less nicotine