A delay in US Food and Drug Administration officials learning of a report of unsafe bacterial contamination levels at a key infant formula plant in 2021 was a key reason behind the agency’s reorganization of its food safety programs.
Reporting Problems To US FDA Simplified After Delayed Response To Formula Plant Complaint
Streamlined process for reporting problems is key piece of “unified Human Foods Program” which officially launched on 1 October, as Commissioner Robert Califf says, “a new model for field operations and other modernization efforts.”
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