WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fallen short of its facility inspection targets, according to the Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Inspection Efforts to Protect the US Food ...

The FDA is considering reducing its routine food safety inspections and shifting more responsibility to state agencies. However, critics are concerned that this action could undermine oversight and ...

Foreign facilities failed FDA GMP inspections at up to 1.8x the U.S. rate. Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation study quantifies a decade of oversight gaps. We first need rigorous, replicable ways to ...

FDA is under fire for missing its mandated food safety inspection goals every year since 2018 and for reducing funds for state and local food safety programs The Government Accountability Office ...

A federal pullback could shift oversight responsibilities to the states, with consumer groups expressing concern that the move will slow responses to outbreaks. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning ...