Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) l have launched a new Web site for industry to report food safety problems or adverse events involving FDA-regulated foods (except for dietary supplements and infant formula), animal feeds, and animal drugs. Consumers can also use the site to report problems with pet foods and pet treats. The new site has been launched on May 24, 2010 is called the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) and provides greater and easier access to online reporting. You can click here to navigate through the website.
BayBiotech.NET Government Accounting Office (“GAO”) has issued a long-awaited report evaluating the use of the 510(k) process by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) in the January of 2009. Report mainly focused on Preamendment class III devices. Although most high-risk class III medical devices are subject to the demanding premarket approval (“PMA”) process, preamendment class III devices may be cleared through the 510(k) pathway until FDA issues regulations requiring a PMA. Under the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, FDA was required either to reclassify preamendment class III devices into class I or II, or (2) issue regulations requiring PMA approval for the devices, GAO noted that 20 preamendment class III device types have not yet been addressed by the Agency. GAO has urged FDA to take required steps to address the remaining class III devices that continue to be eligible for 510(k) review. As a result of the report, FDA has committed to address al...
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