Good ‘Fit’ For Regulation Shifting US FDA's ODSP Into Larger Food Safety Program – Director
Executive Summary
ODSP Director Cara Welch spoke about food programs structure and other supplement industry regulatory news days before first day on the job for agency’s first deputy commissioner for human foods, a post added in the human foods reorganization plan.
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