FDA concedes delays in response to baby formula shortage

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Tuesday that its response to the U.S. infant formula shortage was slowed by delays in processing a whistleblower complaint and test samples from the nation’s largest formula factory.

A 10-page report from the agency offers its first formal account of the factors that led to the ongoing shortage, which has forced the U.S. to airlift millions of pounds of powdered formula from overseas.

The review zeroed in on several key problems at the agency, including outdated data-sharing systems, inadequate staffing and training among its food inspectors, and poor visibility into formula supply chains and manufacturing procedures.

“For things that are critical to the public health, if you don’t have some understanding of how all the pieces fit together, then when you get into a crisis or a shortage you have a real problem,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told The Associated Press in an interview. “To a large extent that’s what happened here.”

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By MATTHEW PERRONE
2 hours ago


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/science-health-covid-government-and-politics-cacda684b7a62cbc9dee97b6aa181a3a

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Related: FDA Evaluation of Infant Formula Response - September 2022

[OneCrazyDiamond]

1. "some understanding"

They do understand what they do, how it affects the people they serve more then some? Right?

[ancianita]

2. Well, Commissioner Califf, you might be a Democrat but you're not an elected one. If you say...

if you don’t have some understanding of how all the pieces fit together, then when you get into a crisis or a shortage you have a real problem,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told The Associated Press in an interview. “To a large extent that’s what happened here.”

Then it's YOUR head that should roll. We Dems shouldn't put up with you in the future.

After all the time you've spent in the FDA before this administration, you just didn't know your agency had

-- outdated data-sharing systems??
-- inadequate staffing and training among its food inspectors?? and
-- poor visibility into formula supply chains and manufacturing procedures??

Then you didn't do your f'n job to map and diagnose your agency, did you. No.

You've been a worthless placeholder when times are okay, a cancer on human health when supply chains are throttled,but worst of all, an apologist for being a worthless corporate bureaucrat when found out.

The People have no time for Big Pharma tools like you. GTFO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Califf

President Biden, please help us out, okay?

Go ahead and alert me, folks, I don't care.