FDA Again Reports Limited Use of FSMA Mandatory Recall Authority
The Food and Drug Administration recently released a report submitted to Congress in February on the agency’s use of Food Safety Modernization Act mandatory recall authority (here). FDA is required by FSMA to report every two years on its mandatory…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
recall authority, which allows FDA to order the recall of dangerous food if the distributor does not voluntarily cease distribution. FDA again reported only one use of its mandatory recall authority in 2013 and 2014, threatening to order a recall unless supplement maker USPlabs recalled supplements that were suspected to have caused an outbreak of hepatitis in Hawaii. USPlabs carried out a voluntary recall as a result. FDA also reported using its mandatory recall authority only once in its first report to Congress covering 2011 and 2012 (see 14012925).