EDITORIAL: The F.D.A. in crisis: It needs more money and talent - (New York Times)
February 3, 2008 – 5:28 pmThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is, according to this editorial supposed to be Americans main line of defense against tainted food, drugs, medical devices and other products in a world abounding with tainted goods. So it was especially chilling last week to hear the agencys former chief counsel, Peter Barton Hutt, tell a Congressional panel that the F.D.A. was barely hanging on by its fingertips.
That warning was supported by several equally grim authoritative reports and other expert testimony that made clear that the agency does not have enough money or enough skilled scientists to do its job.
The editorial says that the agency is further hobbled by a high turnover rate of scientists, a decrepit information technology system, a weak organizational structure, and a shrinking inspection force.
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