One of industry’s great fears is that FDA will become obsessed by theoretical or miniscule safety concerns and ignore the difficult realities of providing consumers with a varied and plentiful food supply and providing patients with effective medical therapies.
It is even possible to think this has occurred. It has been a long summer of media and Congressional attention to safety: whether drug manufacturing, medical products already on the market or Salmonella contaminated eggs. A closer look suggests to FDA Matters that theoretical safety risks and inappropriate FDA concerns about safety are not the issue. (more…)