FDA will conduct lab consolidation analysis at request of Rep. Thornton.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA LAB CONSOLIDATION ANALYSIS TO BE CONDUCTED FOR APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, FDA Commissioner Kessler promised Rep. Ray Thornton (D-Ark.) at a House Appropriations/Agriculture Subcommittee hearing March 12. A long-term champion of lab consolidation, Thornton pressed Kessler for the analysis after Kessler explained that in spite of his strong support for lab consolidation, "we just don't have the money in the budget at this time...to be able to come forward and ask for the specific dollars" needed for the project.