Regulatory News In Brief

PREDICT at borders: FDA hopes to have its new border inspection tool, Predictive Risk-Based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting, up and running nationwide by spring, Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Feb. 4. The IT system considers various characteristics to pinpoint shipments in need of more comprehensive inspection and items that are less risky. It has been piloted for food inspections since 2007 and more recently for device and drug shipments (1"The Gray Sheet" Oct. 19, 2009)