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Congress Slow to Act on Food Safety, Despite Outbreaks and Frequent Warnings

Calls to overhaul a broken food safety system haven't yet resulted in broad reform.

Investigations You Need to Read: Wednesday

Investigations You Need to Read: Wednesday

Today's investigations elsewhere roundup includes a drug company seeking info on FDA officials, possible racial bias in loan mods and a jail with escaping inmates but a perfect inspection score.

FDA Advised to Tighten Restrictions on GE and Covidien MRI Drugs

An FDA advisory panel recommends effectively banning the use of GE’s Omniscan and Covidien’s Optimark in patients with severe kidney disease.

Feds May Tighten Rules on Omniscan, a GE MRI Drug

An FDA review says MRI imaging drugs may be even riskier for kidney patients than it believed previously.

FDA to Take a Second Look at Warnings on MRI Drugs

After issuing a blanket warning about the risk to patients with kidney disease, regulators will reconsider whether to treat some imaging agents differently.

Specter of MRI Disease Haunts GE

Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease

Could FDA Have Prevented Syringe Deaths?