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FDA revamps recall website
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted April 25, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration has redesigned its recall website to let physicians and others quickly see when a product was recalled, who makes the product and the reason for the agency's decision.
The site, which covers recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts, can be browsed by categories such as drugs, medical devices, biologics and food (link). Users can sign up at the site to be alerted by email of any new FDA recall actions.
The change, announced April 4, was required under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act that President Obama signed into law in January. The law ordered the FDA to make its recall search engine more consumer-friendly within 90 days of enactment.
The information is listed in an easy-to-read tabular format. Before, each action was listed separately in a scroll-down format.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/04/25/prbf0425.htm.