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SnoreStop NasoSpray is Voluntarily Recalled by Green Pharmaceuticals Due to Microbial Contamination

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FL OZ (9 mL) nasal spray bottles to be contaminated with the bacteria, Providencia rettgeri. Previous and emerging research on this bacterium has associated it with intrinsic multi-drug resistance and nosocomial infections (also referred to as hospital-acquired infections). California-based Green Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Worst Food Safety Scandals of 2023

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Salmonella Outbreak from Poultry — The US A widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated poultry affected thousands across multiple states this year. It also encouraged a citizen petition to make it illegal to sell poultry contaminated with any one of 31 strains of Salmonella. Coli Daycare Outbreak — Canada In September, an E.

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EzriCare Eye Drops Recall: Unveiling a Nationwide Health Crisis

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a formal health advisory in response to an unprecedented outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), a bacterium notorious for its resistance to specific antibiotics, thereby instigating severe infections in affected individuals.