Strong HACCP Training Supports More Effective FDA and USDA Inspections

Industry leaders emphasize that structured HACCP training strengthens compliance, streamlines FDA, USDA & FSIS ...

Industry Urged to Strengthen HACCP Training and FSVP Training Amid Declining USDA & FDA Inspection Capacity

Watchdog groups report that while the number of regulated facilities has increased, the volume of inspections has ...
CNBC

FDA guts division that trains staff and health-care professionals on key practices like opioid safety, avoiding drug errors

The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care professionals on an array of public health, regulation and safety practices and ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FDA may require physician training to prescribe opioids

Two advisory panels from the Food and Drug Administration will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the agency’s strategy to reduce adverse outcomes of opioid use, including review of its current ...
Southeast Missourian

FDA reconsiders training requirements for painkillers

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering whether doctors who prescribe painkillers such as OxyContin should be required to take safety training courses, according to federal ...
Becker's ASC

FDA to Provide Training for Medical Device Reviewers

The FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health will provide two new training programs for medical device reviewers, according to an FDA news release. The center is about to launch the Reviewer ...
Seattle Times

FDA requires opioid makers to develop doctor training

The Food and Drug Administration is requiring manufacturers of the most widely prescribed painkillers to provide extensive training to doctors in an attempt to reduce the number of patients who become ...
Becker's ASC

Prescription Drug Training, Comprehensive Patient Safety Legislation Introduced

Rhode Island lawmakers are pushing for a new ?near-miss? tracking system, and a bill in Massachusetts may require doctors to complete new drug training before they can become licensed. In Rhode Island ...