The lack of clear direction and priorities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco division has hampered its ability to regulate electronic cigarettes and other products, according to an expert panel assembled to examine problems at the agency.
The arm of the FDA that oversees tobacco products has "struggled to function as a regulator" and has been "forced to operate primarily in a reactive mode" a report released Monday by the Reagan-Udall Foundation found.
An independent review of the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco regulators described them as overwhelmed, reactive and fatigued by an oppressive workload involving e-cigarettes and called for a major effort, by several parts of the Biden administration, to remove millions of illegal vaping products from the market.
(December 19, 2022) The Independent Expert Panel for Tobacco today submitted its recommendations to Commissioner Robert Califf at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Operational Evaluation of Certain Components of FDA’s Tobacco Program was facilitated by the Reagan-Udall Foundation at the Commissioner’s request.
Americans take the safety of our food for granted. But it's not safe by accident. Our food is safe because of laws that ensure food companies and farmers take steps to keep pathogens out of our food. And the enforcement of these laws depends on the people charged with making sure our food won't harm us.
An independent review of the US FDA’s food regulatory programs could renew a debate over splitting FDA into two agencies.
FDA and Congress need to overhaul the agency’s food program, including by making structural changes, such as establishing a separate food-focused agency under HHS, and appointing an overarching head of the food program to remedy issues with work culture and lack of a clear mission, a panel of experts from the Reagan-Udall Foundation wrote in an FDA-commissioned report released this week.
The FDA needs to be overhauled to make food safety enforcement more effective, according to a report by an outside agency.
The report from the Reagan-Udall Foundation recommended sweeping changes, including the establishment of a single individual in charge of food safety.
(December 15, 2022) The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (FDA Foundation) is launching the Real-world Accelerator to Improve the Standard of collection and curation of race and Ethnicity data in health care (RAISE). The initiative, funded by the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE), focuses on understanding, aligning, and disseminating best practices to improve real-world reporting, collection, curation, and integration of race and ethnicity data.
In scrutiny of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Human Food Program, an independent expert panel is arguing that the agency “lacks the resources and authority to do what is expected to do – ensure the safety and availability of food on the market.”
