An Oklahoma lawmaker is voicing her pleasure with a recent FDA action on food health. This week, the Food and Drug Administration announced a nationwide ban on “red Dye 3,” a food additive with possible links to cancer and other serious health issues.

Chicken broth sold by Walmart in several states, including Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas has been classified as a Class II recall. The broth was produced by Tree House Foods Inc., which is based in Canada, and was initially recalled on Dec. 11, 2024, according to the Food and Drug Administration notice.

We should celebrate this step, but our efforts must continue,” Sen. Kristen Thompson said. “There are still a number of additives and chemicals in our food supply that warrant closer scrutiny."

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it had decided to revoke Red 3's authorization to be added to foods, over concerns about how the food coloring dye has been linked to cancer in laboratory animals.

The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Gentner Drummond will be the first case heard in the newly established Pharmacy Benefit Management Administrative Courts.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the pharmaceutical company Sanofi about significant deviations from

Oklahoma's attorney general has accused CVS's Caremark pharmacy benefit manager unit of under-reimbursing pharmacies for prescription drugs.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued CVS Caremark Tuesday in an Oklahoma administrative court alleging that the company is under reimbursing pharmacies for prescription drugs. The lawsuit alleges CVS Caremark reimbursed Oklahoma pharmacies below the actual cost to acquire the drugs about 200 times between May and October 2024.

Food delivery service DoorDash will begin delivering hemp-derived CBD products in Oklahoma, the company announced earlier this month.

In the lawsuit, AG Gentner Drummond outlined 200 individual prescription claims that were reimbursed below acquisition cost to 15 Oklahoma pharmacies.

"Meet Baby Olivia" could be coming to a classroom in Oklahoma, if a bill signed into law this upcoming legislative session.It's new model legislation being push

A new bill is aiming to clarify what Oklahoma patients’ rights are at hospitals. This is the second year legislators will consider the bill; it’s in both the House as House Bill 1600 and in the Senate as Senate Bill 761. The bill is called the Patient Bill of Rights and gives Oklahomans 30 rights if they’re in the hospital.