The Food and Drug Administration’s PREDICT screening system is “working as intended,” resulting in higher targeting rates for unsafe food shipments in the five years since implementation, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report (here). Though some problems persist, including data collection issues, shipments with higher risk scores are being screened more often and FDA inspectors are finding more violations in connection with these shipments, according to data from the report.
On June 1 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration will allow the “safe use” of chromium propionate as a source of chromium in broiler chicken feed, in response to a food additive petition filed by Kemin Industries, FDA said (here). The agency's final rule takes effect June 3, and objections and hearing requests are due July 2.
The Food and Drug Administration Philadelphia District Office, with co-sponsors the North Central Association of Food and Drug Officials and the Association of Food and Drug Officials, is holding a conference June 25-29 in Pittsburgh to provide industry members with information about FDA drug and device regulations, FDA said (here).
On May 31 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 27 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Feb. 12 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 25 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On May 25 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 24 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: