CFSAN program priorities
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA requests public comment on the center's year 2000 program priorities in a Sept. 1 Federal Register. The deadline for comments is Sept. 30. FDA intends to make the new workplan public in January. The center continues work on its 1999 strategic plan "A-List" priorities, including resolution of issues involving ephedra-containing supplements, prompt review of new dietary ingredients, implementation of the authoritative statement provision of the FDA Modernization Act, development of an overall strategy on dietary supplements and issues involving third-party literature (1"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 1, p. 9). In July, CFSAN added to its "A List" development of a response strategy to the federal appeals court decision in Pearson v. Shalala (2"The Tan Sheet" July 12, In Brief)