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# Public Citizen Praises DeLauro Bill
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/public-citizen-praises-delauro-bill/
- Published: 2017-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:06:59.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5137997

Public Citizen says that legislation introduced by Rep. **Rosa DeLauro** (D-CT) would close a “dangerous gap” in FDA authority by authorizing the agency to order emergency recalls of medications that present an imminent threat to the health of patients. In a [statement](http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=10165&ref=fdaweb.com), the advocacy group says that “most people would be shocked to learn that while FDA has the authority to order a recall of medical devices and biologic products such as vaccines and blood products, the agency cannot order recalls of prescription and over-the-counter medications. As a result, the agency lacks sufficient means to protect patients from potentially dangerous medications that already have been distributed to pharmacies, doctors, and patients.”

The group says that in recent years it has tracked a number of “irresponsible manufacturers that have taken advantage of this gap in FDA authority by refusing the agency’s calls for voluntary recalls of potentially contaminated products.”