Science Board Recommendations Exceed CFSAN's Capabilities - Acheson
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is not prepared to do some of the consumer research the agency's Science Board recommends, says David Acheson, the agency's former food chief
You may also be interested in...
Former Food Safety Chief Doubts FDA Can Meet Foreign Inspection Mandate
The food safety law requires FDA to do more than 19,000 foreign food facility inspections in fiscal 2016, but former agency official David Acheson says, “It is not going to happen.” Acheson and other experts also question the logistics of the third-party auditor accreditation program the law established.
Former Food Safety Chief Doubts FDA Can Meet Foreign Inspection Mandate
The food safety law requires FDA to do more than 19,000 foreign food facility inspections in fiscal 2016, but former agency official David Acheson says, “It is not going to happen.” Acheson and other experts also question the logistics of the third-party auditor accreditation program the law established.
FDA Should Toot Its Own Horn – Hamburg
FDA's food center looks to improve public relations about its work, especially as the agency expects what Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says will be "intense engagement" with Congress.