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Packaging and samples of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol birth control tablets are seen in this handout photo released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) January 31, 2012. Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it was recalling about 1 million packets of birth control pills in the...

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 30: A woman from the FDA, Fair Pay Fair Pensions group hands out leaflets outside the High Court on November 30, 2011 in London, England. More than 2 million public sector workers are staging a nationwide strike over cuts to their public sector pensions.

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A worker carries a box of oranges at the Municipal Market in Sao Paulo February 4, 2012. Orange juice futures closed lower for the fourth straight session on Friday due to investor sales as players unwound positions given the uncertainty over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's...

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COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS protestors are seen outside the FDA building on Monday Jan. 23, 2012, in Silver Spring, MD.

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Kathleen Martin-Weis, acting director of the FDA office of criminal investigations, and Peter Neronha, U.S. attorney for the district of Rhode Island, announce a $500 million settlement with Internet giant Google over Canadian drug advertisements Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, in Providence,...

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Masimo Pronto-7 Noninvasive Hemoglobin, SpO2, PR, PI Spot-Check Device Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Full Commercial Launch.

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Jeff Novitzky, and agent for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), exits federal court in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2011, after a mistrial was declared in the government's perjury case against former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens.

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Trent Arsenault picks lemons from a tree at his home in Fremont, California, December 19, 2011. Arsenault, who has produced 14 children with more than 300 sperm donations to 46 women, is violating laws that require donation of human tissue to be tested, according to the U.S. Food and...

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Trent Arsenault looks at his supply of specimen cups at his home in Fremont, California, December 19, 2011. Arsenault, who has produced 14 children with more than 300 sperm donations to 46 women, is violating laws that require donation of human tissue to be tested, according to the U.S....

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July 3 marked a busy six months for FDA since President Obama signed into law the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act.

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The FDA has granted the Oticon Medical 510(k) clearance to market Ponto Pro Power, the world's most powerful fully digital and programmable bone anchored power processor. Ponto Pro Power will benefit people with severe hearing loss due to malfunctioning of the ear canal or middle ear...

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The FDA's Margaret Hamburg (L) is introduced by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney as they announced new tobacco package labelling, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, June 21, 2011.

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks during the Daily Press Briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 2011, about new graphic cigarette warning labels unveiled today that will be required on all cigarette products...

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New graphic cigarette packaging, released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration June 21, 2011, shows a varied collection of dead bodies, diseased lungs and a man on a ventilator were among the graphic images for revamped U.S. tobacco labels, unveiled by health officials who hope...

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UNDATED: In this handout from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a new FDA warning label for a cigarette packs is seen. The FDA released nine new warning labels that will be required for cigarette packs in the U.S.

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This handout image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows one of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012. The federal government fought an uphill battle Wednesday to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be...

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This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 shows one of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012. In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the FDA's the new warning labels depict...

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Pongpan Vongmanee, the deputy secretary general of Thailand's Food and Drug Administration, walks among boxes of confiscated drugs at a warehouse in Bangkok June 20, 2011. About 5,844 kg (12,884 lbs) of drugs, among them methamphetamines, marijuana, heroin and opium worth more than...

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Director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Janet Woodcock speaks during a news conference about the new rules for sunscreen labeling at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

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An official from Thailand's Food and Drug Administration takes a sample from a shipment of frozen vegetables from European countries, at Ladkrabang customs in Bangkok June 10, 2011, after Thai health authorities found avocados from Europe contaminated with E.coli. The officials...

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Rocelyn San Vicente of the Food and Drug Administration reads the label of a chocolate candy as they expand their inspection on imported foods and drinks during a surprise visit in a supermarket Friday, June 3, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. Some supermarkets have voluntarily pulled...

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An analyst of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows the media how a machine called High Performance Liquid Chromatograph works, to determine the presence of chemical substances prevent in any health product, inside a FDA headquarters in Muntinlupa city, south of Manila June 1, 2011. ...

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Suzette Lazo, a director of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows a copy in English and Taiwan translation, a list of Taiwan products contaminated with the toxic substance Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), which are already in Philippine stores during a news conference in FDA...

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The ExperRECALL Index gathers and tracks cumulative data from the two primary federal agencies that oversee recalls in the United States: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Recall trends are calculated from FDA enforcement reports...