The US Food and Drug Administration looks to the future with its fiscal 2021 budget request, proposing $10.2m for use across multiple divisions to foster artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, including $1.6m specifically for the Center for Food Safety and Nutrition.
FDA’s 2021 Budget Priorities For Cosmetics, Food Programs Include AI Use In Postmarket Oversight
FDA’s food, dietary supplement and cosmetics division seeks funding to support its artificial intelligence capabilities, including post-market surveillance and speedy interventions in instances where safety issues arise. Also of note, the agency cites UV filters’ effects on the skin microbiome as a research priority in its fiscal 2021 budget justification to Congress.