In a multi-hour hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, lawmakers hammered Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert M. Califf about long-standing problems with food safety operations that critics say contributed to a nationwide shortage of baby formula that has shaken trust in the FDA. The food safety part of the agency, according to experts, has been chronically understaffed and underfunded.
Covid, mail room failures hindered FDA’s formula response, commissioner says
May 26, 2022