Food and Drug Administration: Laboratory Analysis of Product Samples needs to be more Timely.

Abstract

A primary responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to protect the American consumer from adulterated or misbranded (violative) products. The role of FDA's field laboratories in accomplishing this mission is critical. They test numerous samples of products for possible violations. When violative products are identified, FDA takes regulatory actions, including seizures, to remove them from the market. Removing violative products from the market through seizure takes time. As the time frame for action increases, so does the amount of violative products reaching the consumer. This report discusses (1) the timeliness of field laboratories in processing product samples to determine if they are violative and (2) measures that can be implemented to bring about improvements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA173014

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

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  • Accounting
  • Chemistry
  • Congress
  • Consumers
  • Databases
  • Food Safety
  • Health
  • Inventory
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • New York
  • Public Health
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • Workload

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