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The FDA’s CTP Review Uncovers Multiple Issues - The Vaping Post
It is no secret that the FDA has been under scrutiny for multiple reasons related to the authorization of safer nicotine alternative products. Last Summer the agency was heavily criticised by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). …
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It’s time for a Department of Food and Nutrition - Food Safety News
The failures of the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been in plain view since at least early 2022. At that point the public saw the FDA’s  scandalous neglect of Abbott Nutrition’s contaminated infant formula — which was reported to it…
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An All-Center Approach: CTP’s Response to the Reagan-Udall Foundation Evaluation Report - FDA Statement
In September 2022, an independent expert panel facilitated by the Reagan-Udall Foundation began an operational evaluation of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the request of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf.
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The FDA plan: The morning after the morning after - Food Safety News
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman once wrote; “Everything really important happens the morning after the morning after…” In short, focus on what really changes, not what is said will change. That is a good lesson for the White House and…
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FDA Provides Update on Proposed Human Foods Program and Office of Regulatory Affairs Restructuring - FDA Statement
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has begun a national search for a new Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods and is providing an update on last month’s proposed restructuring of the agency’s Human Foods Program and Office of…
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FDA’s update for new Human Foods Program falls short of industry expectations - Food Navigator
Even as FDA kicks off a search for a deputy commissioner for its proposed Human Foods Program who it says will have a “clear line of authority over” all human food safety and nutrition programs, industry stakeholders worry agency is choosing a “business…
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FDA says there’s ‘a lot more work to come’ to improve the way it regulates tobacco products - CNN
On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products announced steps it would take to do a better job regulating tobacco products.
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Highlighting Major Issues Critical to FDA Across Our Diverse Agency After One Year Back - FDA Statement
This week marks my one-year anniversary as the 25th Commissioner for Food and Drugs. I have been proud to represent the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its talented and hard-working staff in these extraordinary times.  Read more
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3 ways the FDA’s restructuring plan could impact pharma - PharmaVoice
For years, pharmaceutical industry officials have argued that splitting the FDA into two agencies — one that regulates medical products, and one that regulates food — would improve efficiency. Read more
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FDA to overhaul its food division in wake of baby formula crisis - The Washington Post
The Food and Drug Administration will create a senior position to oversee food safety and nutrition after a series of foodborne-illness crises, including a nationwide baby formula shortage, exposed major flaws in the agency’s structure and culture, The…
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