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OIG Report Finds FDA Recall Process is Slow

Posted on January 3, 2018

As our readership is well aware, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) equips the FDA with mandatory recall authority to remove a potentially dangerous food product from the marketplace when

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OIG Critiques USDA-FSIS Foreign Food Safety Protocols

Posted on October 23, 2017

The Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act require foreign countries that export meat, poultry, and egg products to the U.S. to

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OIG: “Challenges Remain in FDA’s Inspections of Domestic Food Facilities”

Posted on October 2, 2017

A recently released Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report has found that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making steady progress on its implementation of the Food

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Recalls Revisited

Posted on June 9, 2016

HHS OIG issues early alert criticizing FDA’s food recall procedures.

Under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), FDA now has mandatory recall authority over conventional foods. However, FDA has

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