FDA: Drug Disposal – Drug Take-Back Options
Medicine take-back options are the best ways to safely dispose of unused or expired prescription and nonprescription (for example, over-the-counter) medicines. Before disposing of prescription medicines, be sure to scratch out all personal information on pill bottle labels and medicine packaging. All of your medicines dropped off at the take-back locations will be destroyed. There […]
Learn MoreCDC: Backyard Poultry
WHAT TO KNOW Overview Keeping backyard poultry is becoming more popular. Poultry includes any domesticated bird often kept for producing eggs or meat, such as chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, and turkeys. People enjoy raising baby poultry including chicks, ducklings, goslings, and poults. Many people keep chickens to have fresh eggs. Keeping backyard poultry can […]
Learn MoreFDA: Nutrition Initiatives
FDA’s Nutrition Goals The FDA works to help empower consumers to build nutritious diets that support health and wellness. The U.S. faces an ever-growing epidemic of preventable diet-related chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Racial and ethnic minority groups, those with lower socioeconomic status, those living in rural areas, and other underserved communities […]
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