Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf said on Jan. 31 that major reforms will be coming to his agency in the wake of the recent infant formula shortages.
The FDA chief said in a press release that he was “announcing a new, transformative vision for the FDA Human Foods Program.”
The decision came on the heels of a review of findings and recommendations by experts after much of the nation experienced a severe shortage of infant formula.
Califf said the internal and external reviews of the FDA’s practices pointed to several problems, including a need to modernize the administration’s data systems, improve emergency responses, and create a “more robust regulatory program.”…