WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is opening offices in China, India, Europe and Latin America in a bid to improve product safety.

WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Drug Administration said Tuesday it suspects contamination of the blood thinner heparin that led to 81 deaths was deliberate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators acknowledge the Chinese firm supplying the active ingredient for Baxter Pharmaceutical's heparin was never inspected due to a name mix-up.

WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Food Safety Authority have signed the first U.S.-European agreement to assess food safety risks.

WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued new government standards for the manufacture of vitamins and dietary supplements.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a guide to help food processors minimize safety hazards common to fresh-cut fruits and vegetables.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Two Capitol Hill Republicans are threatening to block U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration.

WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed a vaccine Thursday against a virus linked to cervical cancer.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- A standoff over the "morning-after" birth control pill has left the Food and Drug Administration adrift with no one at its helm.