Not ‘standard’ for Taylor Farms to seek White House intervention in ‘diarrhea lettuce’ recall, ex-FDA chief says
- Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said it was “unusual” and not “standard” for a produce company to ask the White House to delay a lettuce recall tied to a nationwide cyclospora outbreak.
- Gottlieb made the remark to a Sunday news show in response to a Wall Street Journal report that Taylor Farms had contacted the White House about postponing a recall announcement — and that officials had brought the FDA into the discussion.
- “That is not standard operating procedure, is it?
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- Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said it was “unusual” and not “standard” for a produce company to ask the White House to delay a lettuce recall tied to a nationwide cyclospora outbreak.
- Gottlieb made the remark to a Sunday news show in response to a Wall Street Journal report that Taylor Farms had contacted the White House about postponing a recall announcement — and that officials had brought the FDA into the discussion.
- “That is not standard operating procedure, is it?
Sources: The Independent