Discussion Draft on CBP and FDA Screening of Mailed Fetanyl Introduced
The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health announced that he would like input on a draft bill that would improve coordination between CBP and the FDA for drug interdiction through the mail. The bill, released March 26, seeks…
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to make sure that FDA and CBP screening and testing equipment is interoperable. It describes how the FDA could put $94 million in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations toward upgrading technology and labs at international mail facilities or other import sites. It also says the FDA should deploy more drug-sniffing dogs and their handlers in the detecting controlled substances and counterfeit opioids. It would require a progress report six months after the bill becomes law.