Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials told the House Oversight subcommittee that factors that led to a shortage of baby formula had been identified but remained unchanged.
Witnesses at a March 28 hearing of the Health Care and Financial Services subcommittee said the agency would need more funding, enforcement authority, and a better organizational structure to avoid repeating the problem.
Committee members expressed little confidence.
“I don’t really trust the FDA,” said Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.).
Dr. Peter Lurie, former FDA associate commissioner and current President and Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said problems that left parents searching desperately for formula were present for years. They were waiting for a suitable catalyst for a problem to manifest….