FDA warned syringe producer of serious problems
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090224%2Fcapt.79c6239b3aea4db8b485171ad3e28e57.correction_tainted_syringes_ncral101.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="An undated handout photo released by the U.S. Prosecutor's Office as part of the government's evidence against Aniruddha Patel, plant manager for the medical company AM2PAT, shows conditions in the drug manufacturing plant. Federal authorities are hunting the mastermind behind a 'horrific case' in which bacteria-laden syringes shipped from an Angier plant sickened at least a hundred people and killed five.Plant manager Aniruddha Patel and quality control director Ravindra Kumar Sharma pleaded guilty Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 in U.S. District Court in Raleigh for their roles in ignoring sterility standards at the former AM2PAT Inc. plant. The men were each sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for fraud and allowing tainted drugs into the marketplace. (AP Photo/U.S. Prosecutor's Office via The News & Observer)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_us/tainted_syringes)AP - Federal regulators warned a syringe manufacturer of "several significant violations" in its quality control system two years before its needles triggered an outbreak of bacterial infections that prosecutors say led to at least five deaths and hundreds of illnesses.</p><br clear="all"/>
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