FDA Announces Results Of Pilot Using Scanners To Detect Illegal Drugs Moving Through The Mail

March 21, 2018 at 8:02 PM
Correction Appended After a successful six-months of piloting the use of portable scanners to detect illegal sex and weight loss drugs going through International Mail Facilities (IMFs), FDA announced Wednesday (March 21) it is expanding the pilot to more facilities and working on developing a scanner to detect opioids. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has continually complained about lack of space for FDA inspectors in IMFs and the allegedly antiquated processes FDA must go through to seize and...


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