Supplement Firms Cannot “Contract Out” GMP Responsibility – FDA
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency’s Florida district office, in three recent warning letters, says although a firm may contract out certain supplement manufacturing operations, “it cannot, by the same token, contract out its ultimate responsibility to ensure that” its products are not adulterated.
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