The Food and Drug Administration has developed the new Safety Reporting Portal at www.safetyreporting.hhs.gov to allow online reporting of safety problems relevant to foods, including pet foods and other animal feeds, and animal drugs.
“The portal will be a key detection tool in improving the country’s nationwide surveillance system,” said Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, FDA commissioner. “We will now be able to analyze human and animal safety-related events more quickly.”
The Safety Reporting Portal allows veterinarians and the public to submit electronic reports about safety problems with pet foods. Veterinarians and the public should continue to report problems with animal feeds other than pet food by calling their regional FDA consumer complaint coordinator. Veterinarians and the public should continue to report adverse events related to animal drugs directly to the manufacturer, which must provide the information to the FDA. Read More…
