The Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer update which warns consumers to avoid weight-loss products marketed with the phrases "Magic diet pill!", "Melt your fat away!", and "Diet and exercise not required!". Federal regulators say they have found dozens of products being touted as dietary supplements but that actually contain hidden prescription drugs or compounds that have not been adequately studied in humans, and are not legal.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote on April 5, 2011 on the submission to the Office of Management and Budget of a proposed information collection, the Durable Nursery Products Exposure Survey. This survey is designed to determine the prevalence of durable infant and toddler product ownership in households and the frequency and manner of use of such products. It seeks information regarding ownership characteristics, the life cycle of the products, and consumer behaviors and perceptions. No comments were received on the proposed information collection.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) has released the draft U.S. positions that will be discussed at the 31st session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in Norway on April 11--16, 2011.

On April 1, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to stop using Soladek, a vitamin-solution product marketed by Indo Pharma, S.A., of the Dominican Republic, because the product may contain dangerously high levels of vitamins A and D. FDA recently received information that tested samples of Soladek contained levels of vitamin A and vitamin D that were many times the recommended daily allowances for these vitamins. FDA also received seven reports of serious health problems occurring in consumers using the product.

The Food and Drug Administration announces that Arko Foods International of Los Angeles, CA is recalling Angelina Brand Smoked Roundscad, 8oz packs, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Angelina Brand Smoked Roundscad was distributed in California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, New York, Texas, Maryland, and Florida through retail stores, supermarkets, and wholesale distributors. The product is imported from the Philippines and is uneviscerated.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and its stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:

The Food and Drug Administration has made available its Enforcement Report for March 30, 2011.

The Food and Drug Administration has posted the draft agenda for the Food Advisory Committee's March 30-31 meeting on Certified Color Additives and Hyperactivity in Children.

On March 31, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: