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Califf Returns To US FDA Helm As Familiar Consumer Health Regulation Problems Continue

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Announcement of Senate confirmation of Robert Califf as commissioner came shortly after FDA announced recalls of products labeled as supplements but spiked with ED drugs. Like those and others recently identified as adulterated, supplements with undisclosed drugs were being found during Califf’s first stint in 2016 and 2017.

• Source: Alamy

Robert Califf could be excused if, on the day he was confirmed as Food and Drug Administration commissioner, he thought that little has changed in the US consumer health market since the final day of his previous term at the helm in 2017.

The announcement on 15 February of the Senate’s confirmation of Califf as commissioner came shortly after the FDA published announcements of the recalls of products labeled as dietary supplements but...

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