External Evaluation For US FDA Food Safety ‘Structure, Function, Funding and Leadership’

Members of Congress won’t find mention of criticism of FDA food safety oversight linked most recently to infant formula shortage in Commissioner Califf's announcement. He also didn’t refer to the formula shortage.

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A “series of challenges that have tested our regulatory frameworks” prompted Commissioner Robert Califf to launch external experts’ evaluation of the US Food and Drug Administration’s food safety programs.

Members of Congress critical of the FDA’s food safety oversight, with an infant formula shortage their most recent motivation, won’t find a mention of their comments in Califf’s 19 July

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