Global Supply Chain Concern Prompts FDA Guidance On Glycerin Testing

摘要

Manufacturing facilities should test all lots of glycerin they receive for diethylene glycol(DEG)content to avoid product contamination,FDA says in a guidance reflecting growing concern about vulnerabilities in the global supply chain.In the May 2 Federal Register,the agency says consistent DEG testing is needed because deaths from DEG poisoning have been reported as recently as October 2006 in Panama.