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FDA Gets Final With Guidance On Recall Public Warnings, Notifications

 
• By Bowman Cox

There may be fewer recalls, but they are getting more publicity, in part because of FDA warnings that one recalcitrant firm said “decimated” sales.

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When should firms issue public warnings and recall notifications about dietary supplements and other FDA-regulated products? And when can FDA step in and issue its own warnings?

The agency spells it all out in a Feb. 8 final guidance that among other things also:

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