Unloading the FDA’s Non-Recall Recalls
When the Agriculture Department published a recall of chicken nuggets that may be polluted, it directed customers to return them or toss the things away.
When the Consumer Product Safety Commission revealed that improperly developed child loungers might suffocate children, it alerted customers to right away stop utilizing them.
When it comes to medical gadgets, the Food and Drug Administration and makers consistently permit physicians and healthcare facilities to continue utilizing devices that, as the federal government sees it, might hurt or eliminate the clients it's expected to assist. KFF Health News just recently highlighted the problem of non-recall recalls in an assessment of MitraClip, a heart implant.
In 2016, medical gadget giant Abbott released a recall for the gad...