Food and Drug Administration

Hemp grows at a farm in Lafayette, Colorado.

FDA To CBD Retailers: Don’t Make Unfounded Health Claims

Madelyn Beck

Federal agencies are scrambling to establish regulations for hemp and hemp products as farmers in the Midwest and around the country start growing the...

Washington University postdoctoral researcher Corey Westfall, shown here, is part of a team investigating how the chemical triclosan interferes with antibiotic treatment.

Health, Science & Environment

Germ-Killing Chemical Shields Bacteria From Antibiotics

Shahla Farzan

A common chemical used to kill bacteria is making them more capable of surviving antibiotics.According to new research from Washington University,…

The Food and Drug Administration has warned a St. Louis area company to stop marketing supplements such as omega-3 capsules as potential cures for diseases. It says doing so violates federal law, because supplements aren't FDA-approved drugs.

Health, Science & Environment

FDA Tells Chesterfield Company To Stop Marketing Supplements As Cures For Diseases

Sarah Fentem

The federal Food and Drug Administration has ordered a St. Louis-area natural-remedy retailer to stop making medical claims on its…

These squash on sale at an Illinois grocery store have been genetically modified to resist a specific virus.

Study: People Opposed To GMOs Don’t Know As Much About Science As They Think

Jonathan Ahl

People who most intensely oppose genetically modified food think they know a lot about food science, but actually know the least, according to a peer...

Meat's Expanding Its Horizons, Giving The Livestock Industry Pause

Frank Morris

The U.S. meat industry is gigantic, with roughly $200 billion a year in sales and growing. But the industry faces emerging threats on two fronts: plant...

Health, Science & Environment

Ready Or Not, Local Food Shops Brace For FDA's Trans Fats Purge

The Food and Drug Administration has a plan in the works that may affect your appetite. It wants to ban partially hydrogenated oils -- the major source of…

Cilantro recalled for possible salmonella risk

Rachel Lippmann

A California-based produce wholesaler is recalling more than 6,000 cartons of cilantro - including some distributed in Missouri - after a sample of the…

Artificial trans fats are in around 80 percent of American food products.

Trans fats might be on the way out in Illinois

Artificial trans fats might be escorted out of Illinois after House lawmakers passed a bill banning them in restaurants, school vending machines and other…

Government, Politics & Issues

Toxic combination: Profit motive and regulatory failure

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 23, 2010 - On Feb. 21, 2010, The New York Times published an article by Gardiner Harris titled…

Health, Science & Environment

Commentary: Toxic combination: Profit motive and regulatory failure

On Feb. 21, 2010, The New York Times published an article by Gardiner Harris titled "Diabetes Drug Harms Heart, U.S. Concludes." Rosiglitazone, a product…