The Government Accountability Office has written two related reports on the Food and Drug Administration’s inspection of foreign drug establishments and on the effectiveness of its overseas offices in ensuring import safety. Though the reports note certain progress, GAO states that FDA urgently needs to increase foreign drug establishment inspections and strengthen the data it uses for its inspection program.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by November 3, 2010 on a draft Federal Register notice that would establish accreditation requirements for third-party labs to test children's sleepwear in sizes 0-6X and 7-14 to the flammability requirements of 16 CFR Parts 1615 and 1616, respectively.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
The Food and Drug Administration has posted a revised version of the following Import Alert on the detention without physical examination of:
The European Commission has issued a press release on the second U.S.-European Union-China trilateral consumer product safety summit taking place during the week of October 25, 2010 in Shanghai. The three parties reinforced their mutual commitment to coordinate closely in this area and to enforce high safety standards, including action to strengthen information exchange between the partners on alerts and recalls. A question and answer document on international cooperation in product safety is available here.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: